{"abstract":"In this document, we finalize our interim final rule which implemented a statutory provision prohibiting the Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) from using appropriated funds to \"distribute or make available any commercially published information or material\" that features nudity or is sexually explicit. We now publish this rule as a final rule and further clarify that \"commercially published information or material\" includes photographs or other pictorial depictions.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Prisons","name":"Prisons Bureau","id":437,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/prisons-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/437","parent_id":268,"slug":"prisons-bureau"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2002/12/18/02-31660.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":540,"title":28}],"citation":"67 FR 77425","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This rule is effective on December 18, 2002.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["BOP-1064-F"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"02-31660","effective_on":"2002-12-18","end_page":77427,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2002/12/18/02-31660.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/12/18/02-31660/incoming-publications-nudity-and-sexually-explicit-material-or-information","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/02-31660?publication_date=2002-12-18","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2002-12-18/02-31660/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":3,"page_views":{"count":241,"last_updated":"2026-10-24 02:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2002-12-18/pdf/02-31660.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2002-12-18","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2002/12/18/02-31660.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"1120-AA59":{"issue":"200210","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/1120-AA59/incoming-publications-nudity-and-sexually-explicit-material-or-information","title":"Incoming Publications: Nudity and Sexually Explicit Material or Information","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=200210&RIN=1120-AA59&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Other Significant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["1120-AA59"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":true,"signing_date":null,"start_page":77425,"subtype":null,"title":"Incoming Publications: Nudity and Sexually Explicit Material or Information","toc_doc":"Incoming publications; nudity and sexually explicit material information; distribution to inmates","toc_subject":"Inmate control, custody, care, etc.:","topics":["Prisoners"],"type":"Rule","volume":67}