(a) Persons committed to the institutional care of the Bureau shall be dealt with humanely, with efforts directed to their rehabilitation and return to the community as safely and promptly as practicable. For these purposes, the Director of Corrections shall establish programs of classification and diagnosis, education, casework, counseling and psychotherapy, vocational training and guidance, work, library and other rehabilitation services; he may establish religious programs; and he shall institute procedures for the study and classification of inmates. The Director of Corrections shall maintain a comprehensive record of the behavior of each inmate reflecting accomplishments and progress toward rehabilitation as well as charges of infractions of rules and regulations, punishments imposed and medical inspections made.
(b) The Director of Corrections shall establish and prescribe standards for health, medical and dental services for each institution, including preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic measures on both an outpatient and a hospital basis, for all types of patients. An inmate may be taken, when necessary, to a medical facility outside the institution.
(c) Under rules prescribed by the Bureau, heads of institutions may authorize visits and correspondence, under reasonable conditions, between inmates and appropriate friends, relatives and others.
(d) The Director of Corrections shall promulgate regulations under which inmates, as part of a program looking to their release from the custody of the Bureau, or their treatment, may be granted temporary furloughs from an institution to visit their families or to be interviewed by prospective employers.
(e) The Director of Corrections shall prescribe rules and regulations for the maintenance of good order and discipline in institutions, including procedures for dealing with violations. A copy of the rules shall be provided to each inmate.