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SECNAVINST 1640.9D
ASN (M&RA)
15 May 2019
SECNAV INSTRUCTION 1640.9D
From: Secretary of the Navy
Subj: DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY CORRECTIONS PROGRAM
Ref: (a) SECNAV M-1640.1
(b) SECNAVINST 5215.1E
(c) SECNAVINST 5200.35F
(d) SECNAV M-5214.1
1. Purpose
a. To establish standardized policies and procedures for
the operation of Navy and Marine Corps confinement facilities.
The procedural guidance is provided in reference (a).
b. Major revision includes the creation of an instruction
to establish policy for operating confinement facilities and a
separate manual to implement those policies and procedures.
This instruction is a complete revision and should be reviewed
in its entirety.
2. Cancellation. SECNAVINST 1640.9C.
3. Applicability. Provisions of this instruction apply to Navy
and Marine Corps confinement facilities (ashore and afloat),
Correctional Custody Units (CCU), and detention facilities.
References listed in the enclosure are applicable. Supplemental
instructions may be issued, as necessary, for operation of each
confinement and detention facility.
4. Policy
a. Discipline is to be administered on a corrective rather
than a punitive basis, and naval confinement facilities are to
be administered on a uniform basis. Persons under sentence of
courts-martial or military tribunal are to be accorded uniform
