MCO 1640.6 - Marine Corps Confinement Manual

Scope

MCO 1640.6 is the Marine Corps Confinement Manual. The order assigns responsibilities, prescribes procedures, and sets standards for Marine Corps corrections operations. The order covers brig operations, confinee accountability, confinee administrative processing, prisoner control register requirements, escort procedures, and transfer of confinees among Marine Corps brigs, regional brigs, and the Naval Consolidated Brigs.

Audience

Marine Corps brig commanders, brig OICs, brig watch chiefs, and MOS 5831 Corrections Specialists. S-1 officers and S-1 chiefs routing confinement order packages to the brig. Trial counsel and convening authorities issuing pretrial and post-trial confinement orders. HQMC PP&O Security Division (PS) Law Enforcement and Corrections Branch (PSL) Corrections Section program managers.

Content scope

• Marine Corps corrections program responsibilities.
• Brig facility operations and accountability requirements.
• Confinement order receiving procedures.
• Confinee in-processing (medical screening, property inventory, prisoner control register entry).
• Confinee daily accountability and head count rules.
• Confinee discipline, work programs, and counseling.
• Escort procedures and chain of custody.
• Transfer of confinees to regional brigs and the Naval Consolidated Brig.
• Pretrial confinement administration cross-referenced to JAGINST 5800.7G Chapter 5 and RCM 305.
• Post-trial confinement administration including sentence credit (Allen credit, RCM 305(k) credit).

Connection to higher policy

• DODI 1325.07 Administration of Military Correctional Facilities and Clemency and Parole Programs. Parent DoD framework.
• DOD Directive 1325.02 Desertion and Unauthorized Absence or Absence Without Leave (DODI 1325.02). Adjacent DoD framework.
• MCO 1620.3A Marine Corps Absentee and Deserter Apprehension Program. Adjacent program under DC PP&O PSL.
• JAGINST 5800.7G Manual of the Judge Advocate General. Chapter 5 pretrial confinement procedures.
• RCM 305 Pretrial Confinement. Rules for Courts-Martial procedural framework.
• DoDFMR Vol 7A Chapter 48 Court-Martial Sentences. Confinement pay implications.

Status

Active. HQMC PP&O Security Division (PS) Law Enforcement and Corrections Branch (PSL) Corrections Section sponsors. Verify against the current confinement standards and the Naval Consolidated Brig regional operating instructions for any updated transfer procedures.