RRM Baltimore is one of the Bureau of Prisons’ 22 Residential Reentry Management field offices. The Bureau gives it three judicial districts — Maryland, Eastern Virginia and the District of Columbia — and prints its street address in Washington, D.C., rather than Baltimore. It sits in the Mid-Atlantic Region and administers four halfway-house contracts.
RRM Baltimore at a glance
| Official name | RRM Baltimore |
|---|---|
| BOP code | CBR |
| BOP region | Mid-Atlantic Region |
| Judicial districts | Maryland · Eastern Virginia · District of Columbia |
| Street address | 400 FIRST STREET, NW, 5TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON, MD 20534 |
| Staff mail | STAFF NAME, RRM Baltimore, RESIDENTIAL REENTRY OFFICE, 400 FIRST STREET, NW, 5TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON, DC 20534 |
| Phone | 202-428-6161 |
| Fax | Not listed |
| Halfway-house contracts | 4 (September 2026) |
On this page
What does RRM Baltimore do?
It is the Bureau’s field office for community placement, and nobody is held there. The Bureau sets out the work in a single sentence: RRMs “administer contracts for community-based programs and serve as the Federal Bureau of Prisons local liaison with the federal courts, the U.S. Marshals Service, state and local corrections, and a variety of community groups within their specific judicial districts,” and “RRM Staff also monitor local Residential Reentry Centers.”
The office is older than the name on its door. Program Statement 7310.04, which still governs referrals, was issued in 1998 and calls it a Community Corrections Manager; Program Statement 5325.09, dated June 22, 2026, records at p. 1 that it “Changes Community Corrections references to Residential Reentry Management (RRM).” A CCM and an RRM are the same office.
Which federal judicial districts does RRM Baltimore cover?
Three, printed as Maryland, Eastern Virginia and the District of Columbia. In statutory form those are the District of Maryland, a single judicial district with a Northern and a Southern Division under 28 U.S.C. § 100; the Eastern District of Virginia, one of the two districts § 127 divides Virginia into; and the District of Columbia, a single judicial district under § 88. Prisons in the first two states are set out on our Maryland hub and our Virginia hub. Of the 22 reentry offices, this is the only one whose page prints the District of Columbia.
Eastern Virginia is not this office’s alone. The Bureau prints that district here and again on the page for RRM Raleigh, and both listings were live when the record behind this page was taken on September 17, 2026. Nothing published says how the two offices divide Norfolk, Richmond or Alexandria, so this page names both and decides nothing. Ask the unit team, in writing, where a referral packet was sent.
Which office handles a case follows the release district rather than the district the prison stands in: a sentence served in Oregon and a release address in Silver Spring make an RRM Baltimore matter. Program Statement 7310.04 at p. 12 directs the Warden, where there is real doubt about a referral, to consider contacting the Chief U.S. Probation Officer in the release district.
Which halfway houses does RRM Baltimore oversee?
Four contracts, as the Bureau’s national contract list stood in September 2026, carrying 528 contract beds. Three are in the District of Columbia and Maryland; the fourth, at Norfolk, lies in the Eastern District of Virginia and is printed under RRM Raleigh as well — one contract, two offices, just as the district itself is listed twice.
| Provider | Street address | City, State | Services | Beds (M / F / total) | Contract expires | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORE DC, LLC | 1020 Bladensburge Rd. NE | Washington, DC 20002 | Home Confinement | 250 M / 0 F / 250 | August 31, 2027 | 202-795-5444 |
| Reynolds and Associates, Inc. | 1430 G. St. NE | Washington, DC 20002 | RRC/HC | 0 M / 10 F / 10 | December 31, 2029 | |
| Volunteers of America Chesapeake, Inc. | 5000 Monument Street | Baltimore, MD 21205 | RRC | 118 M / 30 F / 148 | May 31, 2029 | 301-459-2020 |
| CoreCivic, Inc. | 7714-7718 Warwick Blvd. Newport News, VA 23067 and 300 W. 20th St. | Norfolk, VA 23517 | RRC/HC | 96 M / 24 F / 120 | August 31, 2027 | 443-837-6964 |
A contract buys capacity rather than an opening, and the bed figures are contract capacities. The Bureau’s own summary of what a residential reentry center asks is brief: residents are “expected to be employed 40 hours/week within 15 calendar days after their arrival at the RRC,” and subsistence “is 25 percent of their gross income, not to exceed the per diem rate for that contract” (read September 18, 2026).
When does halfway-house and home-confinement placement happen?
Two clocks run, and they do not start together. Release Preparation Program enrollment comes first: Program Statement 5325.09 provides at p. 8 that “Inmates will be enrolled in the RPP between 18 and 24 months prior to their institution departure date to the community.” The referral decision comes later, on a much older figure: Program Statement 7310.04 provides at p. 13 that “Normally 11 to 13 months before each inmate’s probable release date, the unit team shall decide whether to refer an inmate to a Community Corrections program.” That statement is dated 1998 and the timing has not been reissued.
The statutory ceilings sit above the policy timetable. Under 18 U.S.C. § 3624(c)(1) the Director is to ensure, so far as practicable, that a prisoner spends a portion of the final months of the term “not to exceed 12 months” in conditions that prepare for reentry. Home confinement under § 3624(c)(2) may be used for “the shorter of 10 percent of the term of imprisonment of that prisoner or 6 months.” Prerelease custody earned through First Step Act time credits sits outside both: § 3624(g)(10) provides that “The time limits under subsections (b) and (c) shall not apply to prerelease custody under this subsection.”
One date matters to anyone reading this in the autumn of 2026: the Department’s interim final rule on First Step Act time credits, 91 Fed. Reg. 55740 (Aug. 31, 2026), takes effect on September 30, 2026, moving the start of earning from arrival at the designated facility to the commencement of the term.
How do I contact RRM Baltimore?
The telephone is 202-428-6161. The Bureau publishes a mailbox for the office, CBR-CCM-S@bop.gov, and that is the address lawyers generally write to. Staff mail is addressed to RRM Baltimore, Residential Reentry Office, 400 First Street, NW, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20534.
Three printed values on this office’s own records disagree, and this page reproduces them rather than tidying them up. The street block under the office name ends “WASHINGTON, MD 20534”, while the address record and the staff-mail block for the same floor end “WASHINGTON, DC 20534”. The fax field prints “-1-”, which nobody can send to, so the table above reads Not listed. The county field prints “NA”. The office is named for Baltimore and prints a Washington address; the coordinates it publishes fall in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, on the Census Bureau geocoder, while 400 First Street NW geocodes to the District of Columbia (both checked September 17, 2026). The Bureau’s pages disagree with one another, and we do not pick a winner.
Do not send mail to a person at this office. A reentry office is administrative and houses no one. Mail goes to the halfway house under its own rules, or to the prison. The Bureau’s inmate locator is where to check, and for a person in prerelease custody it names the responsible reentry office rather than the center’s street address. Daily rules and passes belong to the center, the referral to the unit team, and the contracts and home confinement oversight to this office.
Can someone in a halfway house or on home confinement under RRM Baltimore request compassionate release?
Yes, and the request is filed with this office instead of with a warden. Program Statement 5050.51, dated September 3, 2026, provides at p. 3 that “‘Warden’ includes Residential Reentry Manager for requests filed by inmates designated to an RRC or on home confinement,” that such requests “must address why RIS is appropriate notwithstanding the inmate’s placement in prerelease custody,” and that they “will be sent to the Residential Reentry Management Office responsible for the jurisdiction in which the inmate is confined.” What such a request has to establish is set out on our compassionate release page.
How do administrative remedies work for people under RRM Baltimore?
The steps are unchanged; the first address is not. Program Statement 1330.18 provides at p. 6 that “CCC inmates may mail their Requests to the CCM” — in today’s language, to the Residential Reentry Manager. At p. 9 it sets the clock: a response is due “by the Warden or CCM within 20 calendar days; by the Regional Director within 30 calendar days; and by the General Counsel within 40 calendar days,” and where that is not enough the period “may be extended once by 20 days at the institution level, 30 days at the regional level, or 20 days at the Central Office level.” Our guide to filing a BP-9 walks through each rung.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the abbreviation RRM mean on a Bureau of Prisons page?
Residential Reentry Management. An RRM is a field office, not a building anyone lives in: it administers halfway-house contracts, oversees home confinement, and is the Bureau’s point of contact with the federal courts and other agencies inside its districts. Older Bureau documents call the same office a Community Corrections Manager.
Why does RRM Baltimore print a Washington, D.C. street address?
Because that is the building the Bureau records for it, at 400 First Street, NW, 5th Floor, ZIP 20534. The office keeps the Baltimore name while the address it prints sits in Washington. The street block ends MD and the address record and staff-mail block end DC for the same floor, and no page explains the difference.
Which reentry office covers the Eastern District of Virginia?
The Bureau prints that district on two pages, this office’s and RRM Raleigh’s, and both were live on September 17, 2026. Nothing it publishes says how the two divide Norfolk, Richmond or Alexandria. Treat either as possible, and ask the unit team in writing which one received the referral packet.
How many halfway houses does RRM Baltimore contract with?
Four, on the Bureau’s national contract list as it stood in September 2026, carrying 528 contract beds in total. Three sit in the District of Columbia and Maryland and one is at Norfolk in Virginia. That Norfolk contract is printed under RRM Raleigh as well, because its district is listed under both offices.
Who makes the halfway-house or home-confinement decision?
The Bureau, and the process begins at the prison. Program Statement 7310.04 at p. 13 puts the referral with the unit team, normally 11 to 13 months before the probable release date, and the Warden approves it. This office administers the contracts and oversees the placement; it takes no applications from relatives.
How long can a person spend in a halfway house before release?
The statute fixes ceilings, not entitlements. Under 18 U.S.C. § 3624(c)(1) prerelease custody covers a portion of the final months of the term, “not to exceed 12 months.” Prerelease custody earned with First Step Act credits is not bound by that figure, because § 3624(g)(10) disapplies the subsection (c) limits to it.
What is RRM Baltimore’s fax number?
The Bureau publishes none that works. The fax field on the office’s page prints the string -1- where a number belongs, which is why the table on this page records the fax as not listed rather than inventing a figure. The published telephone number, 202-428-6161, and the office mailbox are the routes that do resolve.
Can I send mail or money to someone at RRM Baltimore?
No. The office is administrative and holds nobody, so nothing addressed to a person there reaches them. Mail and funds for someone in a halfway house go to that center on its own terms; for someone still at a prison they go to the prison. Ask the center or the unit team.
Where we can help
Most of what touches this office is early release work: how a release date is computed, whether First Step Act credits have been applied, and what a reentry-center or home-confinement date rests on. A reduction in sentence filed from an RRC goes to the Residential Reentry Manager and carries its own requirements. Where the problem is practical rather than legal, it is prison consulting work. We cannot guarantee a placement or a date; nobody outside the Bureau can.
Elizabeth Franklin-Best, P.C. is a federal criminal defense and post-conviction firm based in Columbia, South Carolina, practicing nationwide. Mentions of Maryland places on this page do not imply an office or a lawyer there.
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Sources and currency
Bureau of Prisons documents
- RRM Baltimore, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2026. Districts, addresses, telephone, fax, county, mailbox.
- Offices, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2026. What RRM field offices do.
- Residential Reentry Management Centers, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2026. Employment and subsistence requirements.
- RRC Contact Directory, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2026. The contract list above.
- Community Corrections Center (CCC) Utilization and Transfer Procedure, Program Statement 7310.04, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 1998. At pp. 12 and 13.
- Release Preparation, Program Statement 5325.09, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2026. At pp. 1 and 8.
- Compassionate Release / Reduction in Sentence, Program Statement 5050.51, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2026. At p. 3.
- Administrative Remedy Program, Program Statement 1330.18, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2014. At pp. 6 and 9.
Court records and statutes
- 18 U.S.C. § 3624, Subsections (c)(1), (c)(2) and (g)(10).
- 28 U.S.C. § 100, The District of Maryland.
- 28 U.S.C. § 127, The Virginia districts.
- 28 U.S.C. § 88, The District of Columbia.
- First Step Act Time Credits-Revisions, 91 Fed. Reg. 55740 (Aug. 31, 2026).
Sources reviewed September 2026.
Reviewed for legal accuracy by Elizabeth Franklin-Best, Esq., Principal Attorney·September 2026