RRM Raleigh is one of the Bureau of Prisons’ 22 Residential Reentry Management field offices. It prints five judicial districts — all three in North Carolina and both in Virginia — and works from an address at Butner rather than Raleigh, in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Five halfway-house contracts sit under it, and one of the five is printed under a second office as well.
RRM Raleigh at a glance
| Official name | RRM Raleigh |
|---|---|
| BOP code | CRL |
| BOP region | Mid-Atlantic Region |
| Judicial districts | Western Virginia · Eastern Virginia · Western North Carolina · Middle North Carolina · Eastern North Carolina |
| Street address | OLD NC 75 HIGHWAY, BUTNER, NC 27509 |
| Staff mail | STAFF NAME, RRM Raleigh, RESIDENTIAL REENTRY OFFICE, P.O. BOX 7000, BUTNER, NC 27509 |
| Phone | 919-964-6150 |
| Fax | 919-575-2073 |
| Halfway-house contracts | 5 (September 2026) |
On this page
What does RRM Raleigh do?
It is a contracting and oversight office, not a place of confinement. The Bureau describes 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 label changed in 2026. Program Statement 7310.04, issued in 1998 and still the referral policy, calls the office 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).” Both labels name this office.
Which federal judicial districts does RRM Raleigh cover?
Five. North Carolina is divided into three judicial districts, Eastern, Middle and Western, by 28 U.S.C. § 113, and Virginia into two, Eastern and Western, by § 127; this office prints all five. Federal prisons in each state are listed on our North Carolina hub and our Virginia hub.
One of the five is shared. The Bureau prints Eastern Virginia on this office’s page and again on the page for RRM Baltimore, and both listings were live when the record behind this page was taken on September 17, 2026. Nothing the Bureau publishes divides Norfolk, Richmond or Alexandria between the two, so this page names both offices and leaves the choice where the Bureau left it. Western Virginia, by contrast, is printed here and on no other page.
The county this office prints is itself a piece of district drafting. Its record gives GRANVILLE, and Granville County sits in the Eastern District of North Carolina; neighboring Durham County does not, except in one place. Section 113(a) adds to the Eastern District “that portion of Durham County encompassing the Federal Correctional Institution, Butner, North Carolina,” and § 113(b) takes the same ground out of the Middle District. The section in its present form took effect on July 6, 2021 (Pub. L. No. 117-26). Two Butner addresses can therefore fall on opposite sides of a district line Congress drew around a prison.
What decides the office is the release district, not the district the sentence is served in. Program Statement 7310.04 at p. 12 has the Warden, where a referral is in real doubt, consider contacting the Chief U.S. Probation Officer in the release district. A person held in Florida who will live in Greensboro is handled from here.
Which halfway houses does RRM Raleigh oversee?
Five contracts on the Bureau’s national contract list in September 2026, carrying 375 contract beds. Four are in North Carolina — Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro and Raleigh — and the fifth is at Norfolk, in the Eastern District of Virginia. That fifth is printed under RRM Baltimore too: a shared district produces a shared contract.
| Provider | Street address | City, State | Services | Beds (M / F / total) | Contract expires | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dismas Charities, Inc. | 2318 Executive Street | Charlotte, NC 28208 | RRC/HC | 68 M / 16 F / 84 | May 31, 2027 | 502-636-2033 |
| Dismas Charities, Inc | 901-905 Cain Road | Fayetteville, NC 28303 | RRC/HC | 24 M / 6 F / 30 | November 30, 2028 | 502-636-2033 |
| Dismas Charities, Inc. | 307 N. Church St. | Greensboro, NC 27401 | RRC/HC | 78 M / 19 F / 97 | September 30, 2027 | 502-636-2033 |
| CoreCivic, Inc. | 312 Tryon Road | Raleigh, NC 27603 | RRC/HC | 34 M / 10 F / 44 | September 30, 2027 | 561-999-7548 |
| 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 |
What the table gives are contract capacities, and a contract is not a bed. The Bureau’s short account of what a residential reentry center requires of a resident is the practical part: 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?
The preparation clock starts well before the referral clock. Release Preparation Program enrollment is 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 rests on a figure written in 1998: 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 timing has never been reissued.
Above the policy sit two statutory ceilings and one carve-out. 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 with First Step Act time credits is measured against neither: § 3624(g)(10) provides that “The time limits under subsections (b) and (c) shall not apply to prerelease custody under this subsection.”
One further date belongs here. The Department’s interim final rule on First Step Act time credits, 91 Fed. Reg. 55740 (Aug. 31, 2026), is effective September 30, 2026 and moves the start of earning under 28 C.F.R. § 523.42(a) from arrival at the designated facility to the commencement of the term.
How do I contact RRM Raleigh?
The telephone is 919-964-6150 and the fax is 919-575-2073. The Bureau publishes a mailbox for the office, CRL-CCM-S@bop.gov, which is the address lawyers generally use. Staff mail does not go to the street address at all: it is addressed to RRM Raleigh, Residential Reentry Office, P.O. Box 7000, Butner, NC 27509.
Two printed details are worth noting rather than correcting. The office carries Raleigh in its name while the street block it prints is Old NC 75 Highway, Butner; and its two addresses are different kinds of address, one a highway and the other a post-office box. The county field prints GRANVILLE and the published coordinates fall in Granville County on the Census Bureau geocoder, checked September 17, 2026, so those agree. Several offices here sit outside the city they are named for, and the Bureau does not correct the name.
Nothing addressed to a resident should come here. This is an administrative office; it holds nobody, and post sent to it for a person does not reach them. A letter goes to the reentry center, on that center’s terms, or to the prison. For someone already in prerelease custody the Bureau’s inmate locator names the responsible reentry office instead of the center’s street address. Sign-out, curfews and daily discipline answer to the center; the referral answers to the unit team; contracts and home confinement oversight answer here.
Can someone in a halfway house or on home confinement under RRM Raleigh request compassionate release?
They can, and the filing is made here rather than at a prison. 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.” Our compassionate release page sets out what the request has to carry.
How do administrative remedies work for people under RRM Raleigh?
The process does not change; the address of the first filing does. Program Statement 1330.18 provides at p. 6 that “CCC inmates may mail their Requests to the CCM” — now the Residential Reentry Manager. Its response times are at p. 9: 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 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 takes the steps in order.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does RRM mean on a Bureau of Prisons page, and is it a building?
It stands for Residential Reentry Management, and it is an office rather than a building anyone lives in. The office buys and supervises halfway-house contracts, oversees home confinement and acts as the Bureau’s local contact for the courts within its districts. Bureau material written before 2026 calls the same office a Community Corrections Manager.
Why is RRM Raleigh’s address in Butner?
Because that is the address the Bureau prints for it: Old NC 75 Highway, Butner, North Carolina 27509, in Granville County. Staff mail goes to a post-office box in the same town rather than to the highway. The office keeps the Raleigh name, and several other reentry offices likewise sit outside the city they are named for.
Does RRM Raleigh cover the Eastern District of Virginia?
Its page prints that district, and so does RRM Baltimore’s; both were live on September 17, 2026. The Bureau publishes nothing that divides Norfolk, Richmond or Alexandria between the two offices. Either can be the answer for a particular case, so ask the unit team in writing which office the referral packet went to.
How many halfway houses does RRM Raleigh contract with?
Five, on the Bureau’s national contract list as it stood in September 2026, carrying 375 contract beds. Four are in North Carolina, at Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro and Raleigh, and the fifth is at Norfolk in Virginia. The Norfolk contract also appears under RRM Baltimore, because its district is printed under both offices.
Which judicial district is the Bureau’s Butner complex in?
The Eastern District of North Carolina. Congress wrote it in: 28 U.S.C. § 113(a) adds to that district the portion of Durham County containing the Federal Correctional Institution at Butner, and § 113(b) removes the same ground from the Middle District. The section in its current form took effect on July 6, 2021.
Is there a limit on how long prerelease custody can last?
The statute gives ceilings rather than entitlements. Under 18 U.S.C. § 3624(c)(1) the final period is “not to exceed 12 months,” and home confinement under § 3624(c)(2) runs for the shorter of 10 percent of the term or six months. Prerelease custody earned with First Step Act credits is not measured against either, under § 3624(g)(10).
Who approves a halfway-house referral?
The institution does the work and the Warden signs it off. Program Statement 7310.04 at p. 13 puts the decision with the unit team, normally 11 to 13 months before the probable release date, and the packet then goes to the reentry office for the release district. This office administers the contracts; it takes no applications from families.
Can I send mail to someone at RRM Raleigh?
No. The office administers contracts and holds no one, so post addressed to a resident there will not arrive. Write to the reentry center where the person is living, under that center’s rules, or to the institution if the transfer has not happened yet. The center or the unit team can confirm which address applies.
Where we can help
What comes to this office is largely early release work: how a date is computed, whether First Step Act credits have reached it, and what a reentry-center date depends on. A reduction in sentence filed from prerelease custody is made to the Residential Reentry Manager and must address the placement itself. Where the trouble is operational, it is prison consulting work. We cannot guarantee a placement, a center or a date.
Elizabeth Franklin-Best, P.C. is a federal criminal defense and post-conviction firm based in Columbia, South Carolina, practicing nationwide. Mentions of North Carolina 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 Raleigh, 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, Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Subsections (c)(1), (c)(2) and (g)(10).
- 28 U.S.C. § 113, The North Carolina districts and the Butner carve-out.
- 28 U.S.C. § 127, The Virginia districts.
- 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