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SUBJ/CLOSURE OF CORRECTIONAL CUSTODY UNITS (CCU)//

REF/A/DOC/SECNAV/03JAN06//

AMPN/REF A IS SECNAVINST 1640.9C, THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 
CORRECTIONS MANUAL.//

RMKS/1.  THIS NAVADMIN ANNOUNCES THE CLOSURE OF ALL REMAINING 
CORRECTIONAL CUSTODY UNITS (CCU) EFFECTIVE 31 MARCH 2009.  THE CCU 
PROGRAM WAS AN OPTION MAINTAINED IN SOME AREAS FOR COMMANDING OFFICERS 
AND AUTHORIZED OFFICERS-IN-CHARGE TO ASSIGN AT NON-JUDICIAL PUNISHMENT 
FOR MINOR DISCIPLINARY INFRACTIONS.
A BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS (BCA) DEMONSTRATED CCU AVERAGE UTILIZATION OF 
ONLY 23 PERCENT (400 PER YEAR FOR A CAPACITY OF 1,728 BEDS), AND THAT 
SOME REGIONS HAVE OPERATED SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT A CCU CAPABILITY.

2.  CORRECTIONAL CUSTODY UNITS ON THE FOLLOWING INSTALLATIONS WILL 
CLOSE:  FLEET ACTIVITIES YOKOSUKA, NAVAL AIR STATION JACKSONVILLE, 
NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA, NAVAL BASE KITSAP, NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, 
AND NAVAL STATION PEARL HARBOR.

3.  POINT OF CONTACT IS CAPT TONYA PRINGLE, CNIC N142,
(202) 433-4721, tonya.pringle@navy.mil.

4.  RELEASED BY VADM MARK FERGUSON, N1.//

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