What Does It Mean And What Happens?
A separatee occurs in federal prison when an inmate had a co-defendant who testified against them in federal court.
Either the U.S. Attorney, the judge, or other court officials put a note for a separatee into their record. The U.S. Marshals will notify the BOP, and when the defendants become inmates, the BOP will send the separatees to different institutions if possible.
Another common reason for the creation of a separatee is when two inmates get in a fight, or is involved in some other incident with an inmate, and the BOP decides the inmates need to be separated.
Basically, a separatee is a formal notice that two inmates need to be kept separate from one another to reduce risk of harm.
When a separatee is in place, the federal prison system does not have to honor the “500 miles from home” rule when choosing a place of incarceration. This carve-out was specifically included to ensure that inmates could be properly kept safe from one another in dangerous circumstances.
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