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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17b - Social Services › 812 - Rental Assistance Program › Section 17b-812-12 - Family obligations

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A family shall comply with subsections (b) and (c) of this section in order to continue participating in the rental assistance program. Failure to comply may result in termination from the program.
(b) A family shall:
(1) Provide information that is true and complete and in compliance with the provisions of the rental assistance certificate;
(2) provide all forms and documents necessary for use in a regularly scheduled reexamination or interim reexamination of family income and composition;
(3) provide the social security numbers of all household members and sign and submit forms that will allow the department or its agent to obtain information to determine eligibility;
(4) not later than thirty days after a request by the department or its agent, provide the department or its agent information to verify that the family is living in the dwelling unit or information related to family absence from the dwelling unit;
(5) notify the department or its agent in writing before any planned absence of thirty days or more, or on or before the thirtieth consecutive day of any unplanned absence. If the entire family is absent from the unit for more than ninety consecutive days, the department shall consider the unit vacated and shall terminate rental assistance, unless the family has notified the department or its agent on or before the thirtieth day of any absence and can show good cause for the extended absence on or before the ninetieth day of any absence. If the family shows good cause, the department or its agent may permit the family to be absent for up to sixty additional days before considering the unit to be vacated;
(6) notify the department or its agent in writing not later than thirty days before moving out of the dwelling unit or terminating the lease;
(7) use the dwelling unit as the family's sole residence;
(8) notify the department or its agent in writing of the birth, adoption or court-awarded custody of a child, not later than thirty days after such birth, adoption or court-awarded custody;
(9) request written approval from the department or its agent before adding any other adult family member as an occupant of the dwelling unit;
(10) notify the department or its agent in writing if any member no longer lives in the dwelling unit, not later than thirty days after such member leaves;
(11) allow the department or its agent to inspect the dwelling unit at reasonable times and after reasonable notice as part of regularly scheduled reexaminations, interim examinations and on other occasions deemed necessary by the department or its agent;
(12) immediately notify and forward to the department or its agent a copy of any notice to quit received by the tenant; and
(13) pay utility bills and supply appliances that the owner is not required to provide under the rental agreement.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17b - Social Services › 812 - Rental Assistance Program › Section 17b-812-13 - Denial or termination of assistance

Current through July 10, 2024
The department or its agent may deny program assistance to an applicant or terminate assistance to a participant for any of the following reasons:
(1) A household family member fails to comply with the provisions of section 17b-812-12 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(2) a household family member fails to sign or submit required forms;
(3) a family with a rental assistance certificate fails to locate an approved dwelling unit within one hundred eighty days and does not demonstrate good cause for extending the expiration date of the rental assistance certificate;
(4) a household family member has been terminated from a department rental assistance program in the last three years;
(5) a household family member refuses to enter into a repayment agreement for monies owed to the department or its agent as a result of a program violation;
(6) a household family member currently owes rent or other monies to the department or its agent in connection with a rental subsidy program;
(7) a household family member has engaged in or threatened abusive or violent behavior towards the department or its agent's personnel;
(8) a family fails to report income that results in rental assistance overpayment in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars; or
(9) a household family member is subject to a registration requirement under a state or federal sex offender registration program.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17b - Social Services › 812 - Rental Assistance Program › Section 17b-812-14 - Notice, appeals and hearings

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The department or its agent shall give program applicants prompt written notice of a decision to deny assistance to an applicant, and shall give program participants written notice of a decision to change the terms of assistance or to discontinue assistance to a participant. Such notice of decision shall:
(1) contain a brief statement of the reasons for the decision;
(2) state that any person aggrieved by a decision of the commissioner or the commissioner's agent pursuant to the program may request an administrative hearing in accordance with the provisions of section 17b-60 of the Connecticut General Statutes; and
(3) describe how to request an administrative hearing. A notice of decision changing the terms of assistance or discontinuing assistance shall be issued not less than thirty days prior to the effective date of the proposed action.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Section 18-81-1 - Commissioner of correction and deputies

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Department
			 of Correction operates under the direction of the Commissioner of Correction
			 who is appointed by the Governor. The Commissioner is responsible for the
			 administration, coordination and control of the operations of the Department of
			 Correction and for the overall supervision and direction of all institutions,
			 facilities and activities of the Department and pre-sentenced and sentenced
			 inmates. The Commissioner is assisted in the discharge of his statutory duties
			 by two deputy commissioners and a director: the Deputy Commissioner of
			 Operations; Deputy Commissioner of Programs; and the Director of
			 Security.
(b) The Deputy
			 Commissioner of Operations supervises the overall operation of the Department's
			 correctional facilities, community directed programs, engineering services and
			 fiscal operations.
(c) The Deputy
			 Commissioner for Programs supervises the Department's health services, human
			 resources, offender classification, educational services, training and staff
			 development, research and management information systems, and offender
			 programs.
(d) The Director of
			 Security supervises tactical operations, investigation and intelligence
			 functions, correctional emergency response teams, standards, policy and audit
			 functions, public information and external liaison, and field operations
			 including canine and remand functions.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Section 18-81-2 - Institutions and facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
Among the institutions and facilities administered by the
				Department of Correction are: Alexander Cybulski Correctional Institution;
				Bridgeport Correctional Center; Brooklyn Correctional Institution; Carl
				Robinson Correctional Institution; Cheshire Correctional Institution; Daniel
				Webster Correctional Institution; Ellis R. MacDougall Correctional Institution;
				Enfield Correctional Institution; Francis H. Maloney Center for Training and
				Staff Development; Haddam Facility; Hartford Correctional Center; Janet S. York
				Correctional Institution; J. B. Gates Correctional Institution; Litchfield
				Facility; John R. Manson Youth Institution; Montville Facility; New Haven
				Correctional Center; Northeast Correctional Institution; Northern Correctional
				Institution; Osborn Correctional Institution; Raymond L. Corrigan Correctional
				Institution; Stanley J. Radgowski Correctional Institution; Walker Reception
				Center and Special Management Unit, to include Central Transportation Unit;
				Ward A. Garner Correctional Institution; and William Willard Correctional
				Institution.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Section 18-81-15 - Public information

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The public may
			 obtain information or make submissions or requests concerning the operations of
			 the Department of Correction, and the institutions and facilities administered
			 by the Department, by communicating via telephone or mail to any of the two
			 deputy commissioners. Written inquiries should be sent to 24 Wolcott Hill Rd.,
			 Wethersfield, CT 06109. Telephone inquiries may be made at
			 (860)-692-7780.
(b) Copies of
			 regulations, written statements of policy or interpretations formulated,
			 adopted or used by the department of Correction in the discharge of its
			 functions, all forms and instructions used by the Department and all final
			 orders, decisions and opinions are maintained at, or may be obtained through,
			 the Office of the Commissioner of Correction. The foregoing information will be
			 made available for public inspection upon reasonable request made to, and at
			 such reasonable time and location as may be determined by, the Commissioner or
			 his designee.
(c) The subject
			 matter of information available for public inspection does not include material
			 deemed to be privileged, confidential, related to the security of institutional
			 personnel or inmates, or otherwise detrimental to the orderly and secure
			 operations of the Department of Correction.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Section 18-81-16 - Request for declaratory ruling

Current through July 10, 2024
The Department of Correction will accept a request for
				declaratory ruling as to the applicability of any statute or regulation
				administered by the Department in the following form:
(a) A request must be in writing;
(b) The request shall be signed by the person
			 seeking the ruling and shall include his address for purposes of
			 reply;
(c) The request shall state
			 clearly the question of applicability upon which the ruling is
			 sought;
(d) The request shall state
			 the position of the person seeking the ruling, including a statement of the
			 factual background relative to the question of applicability;
(e) The request should include an argument in
			 support of the position of the person seeking the ruling with such legal
			 citation as may be appropriate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Section 18-81-17 - Request for regulation

Current through July 10, 2024
The Department of Correction will accept a request for the
				promulgation, amendment or repeal of a regulation of the Department in the
				following form:
(a) A request must be
			 in writing;
(b) The request shall
			 be signed by the person making such request and shall include his address for
			 purposes of reply;
(c) The request
			 shall clearly state the language to be promulgated, amended or
			 repealed.
(d) The request should
			 include a statement of facts and arguments in support of the proposed
			 regulation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Section 18-81-20 - Personal data

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions
.
(1) Definitions of
			 terms set forth in the Personal Data Act, Connecticut General Statutes, Chapter
			 55, shall apply to this section.
(2) As used in this section, unless the
			 context otherwise requires:
(A) "Category of
			 Personal Data" means the classifications of personal information set forth in
			 the Personal Data Act, Connecticut General Statutes, Section
			 4-190(9).
(B) "Agency" means the Department of
			 Correction.
(C) "Other Data" means
			 any information, which because of name, identifying number, mark or description
			 can be readily associated with a particular person.
(D) "Employee" means a current or past
			 employee of the Department of Correction.
(E) "Inmate" means a person who is currently
			 or was previously in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction, or confined
			 in an institution or facility of the Department of Correction.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Inmate Communications › Section 18-81-28 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
For the purposes stated herein, the following definitions
				  apply as used in Sections 18-81-28 through
				  18-81-51
				  inclusive as follows:
(a) "Collect
				Call Only Telephones" means telephones which allow for outgoing calls on a
				collect call basis only and which are available in areas specified by the Unit
				Administrator for inmate use.
(b)
				"Contraband" means anything not authorized to be in an inmate's possession or
				anything used in an unauthorized or prohibited manner.
(c) "General Correspondence" means all
				correspondence not defined as privileged communication in Subsection (e) of
				this Section.
(d) "Inspection"
				means a physical and visual examination of the actual contents, which shall not
				include the reading of the correspondence.
(e) "Privileged Communication" means any
				telephone call placed on behalf of an inmate by the facility or any written
				correspondence addressed to or received from federal, state and local (e.g.,
				municipal, county or town) elected and appointed officials, including but not
				limited to the following:
(1) Any judge or
				court.
(2) The Governor.
(3) The Legislature.
(4) The Attorney General.
(5) The Commissioner of Correction or any
				Department official appointed by the Commissioner.
(6) The Board of Parole.
(7) The Sentence Review Board.
(8) The Commission on Human Rights and
				Opportunities.
(9) The State Claims
				Commissioner.
(10) The Board of
				Pardons.
(11) Elected Government
				officials.
"Privileged communication" shall also mean any telephone call
				  placed on behalf of an inmate by the facility or any written correspondence
				  addressed to or received from the Connecticut Correctional Ombudsman or
				  attorneys. The word "attorneys" shall include organizations providing legal
				  services to inmates.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Inmate Communications › Section 18-81-29 - Inmate communications

Current through July 10, 2024
Inmate communications by mail and by telephone may be
				  inspected, reviewed, read, listened to, recorded, restricted, or prohibited in
				  accordance with the provisions of Sections
				  18-81-28
				  through
				  18-81-51,
				  inclusive, of the Regulations of the Connecticut State
				  Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Inmate Communications › Section 18-81-30 - Inmate correspondence

Current through July 10, 2024
Inmates may write and receive letters subject to the
				  following provisions:
(a)
Frequency.
There shall be no limit placed on the number of letters
				an inmate may write or receive at personal expense, except as a disciplinary
				penalty.
(b)
Timely
				Handling.
Incoming and outgoing correspondence shall be processed
				without unnecessary delay.
(c)
Correspondents.
An inmate may write to anyone except:
(1) A victim of any criminal offense for
				which the inmate has served or is serving a sentence, or stands convicted of,
				or disposition is pending.
(2) Any
				person under the age of 18 when the person's parent or guardian objects in
				writing to such correspondence.
(3)
				An inmate in another correctional facility, other than immediate
				family.
(4) A parolee or inmate on
				community confinement without the express permission of the Unit Administrator
				and the addressee's supervisor.
(5)
				Any person whom the inmate is restrained from writing to by court
				order.
(6) Any other person, when
				prohibiting such correspondence is generally necessary to further the
				substantial interests of security, order or rehabilitation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Inmate Communications › Section 18-81-31 - Outgoing general correspondence

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Review,
				Inspection and Rejection.
All outgoing general correspondence shall be
				subject to being read at the direction of the Unit Administrator, by person(s)
				designated in writing by such Administrator, for either a specific inmate(s) or
				on a random basis if the Commissioner or Unit Administrator has reason to
				believe that such reading is generally necessary to further the substantial
				interests of security, order or rehabilitation. Outgoing general correspondence
				may be restricted, confiscated, returned to the inmate, retained for further
				investigation, referred for disciplinary proceedings or forwarded to law
				enforcement officials, if such review discloses correspondence or materials
				which contain or concern:
(1) The transport of
				contraband in or out of the facility.
(2) Plans to escape.
(3) Plans for activities in violation of
				facility or departmental rules.
(4)
				Plans for criminal activity.
(5)
				Violations of Sections
				18-81-28
				through
				18-81-51,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of the Connecticut State Agencies or unit
				rules.
(6) Information which if
				communicated would create a clear and present danger of violence and physical
				harm to a human being.
(7) Letters
				or materials written in code.
(8)
				Mail which attempts to forward unauthorized correspondence for another
				inmate.
(9) Threats to the safety
				or security of staff, other inmates or the public. The initial decision to take
				action provided for in this Subsection except to read, which shall be at the
				discretion of the Unit Administrator, shall be made by the designee of the Unit
				Administrator. Such designee shall not be the same person who made the initial
				mailroom review.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Inmate Communications › Section 18-81-32 - Incoming general correspondence

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Review,
				Inspection and Rejection.
All incoming general correspondence shall be
				opened and inspected for contraband and money and shall be subject to being
				read at the direction of the Unit Administrator, by person(s) designated by
				such administrator, for either a specific inmate(s) or on a random basis when
				the Commissioner or Unit Administrator has reason to believe that such reading
				is reasonably related to legitimate penological interests. All incoming general
				correspondence may be rejected if such review discloses correspondence or
				material(s) which would reasonably jeopardize legitimate penological interests,
				including, but not limited to, material(s) which contain or concern:
(1) The transport of contraband in or out of
				the facility.
(2) Plans to
				escape.
(3) Plans for activities in
				violation of facility or department rules.
(4) Plans for criminal activity.
(5) Violations of Sections
				18-81-28
				through
				18-81-51,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of the Connecticut General Statutes or unit
				rules.
(6) Material which
				reasonably could cause physical or emotional injury to the inmate recipient as
				determined by the appropriate mental health staff.
(7) Letters or materials written in
				code.
(8) Threats to the safety or
				security of staff, other inmates, or the public, facility order or discipline,
				or rehabilitation.
(9) Sexually
				explicit material(s) which meet the standards and review procedures set forth
				in Subsection (a) of Section
				18-81-39
				below.
(10) Any other general
				correspondence, rejection of which is reasonably related to a legitimate
				penological interest.
Incoming general correspondence containing any of the
				  foregoing may be restricted, confiscated, returned to the sender, retained for
				  further investigation, referred for disciplinary proceedings or forwarded to
				  law enforcement officials. The decision to take any action provided for in this
				  Subsection shall be made by the designee of the Unit Administrator. Such
				  designee shall not be the same person(s) who made the initial mailroom
				  review.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Inmate Communications › Section 18-81-33 - Monetary remittances

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Incoming.
An inmate may only receive certified, payroll, cashier
				or government checks and money orders from sources approved by the Unit
				Administrator. The amount and source shall be recorded. Cash shall not be
				accepted through the mail for credit to an inmate's account. A receipt shall be
				issued to the inmate for any acceptable funds approved.
(b)
Outgoing.
An inmate must
				obtain prior approval in order to send funds out of the facility.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Inmate Communications › Section 18-81-34 - Identification of privileged correspondence

Current through July 10, 2024
Only correspondence clearly identified as privileged
				  correspondence shall be treated as privileged correspondence. Correspondence
				  not so identified shall be treated as general correspondence. Such
				  identification shall specify a correspondent as enumerated in Subsection (e) of
				  Section
				  18-81-28.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Inmate Communications › Section 18-81-35 - Outgoing privileged correspondence

Current through July 10, 2024
Outgoing privileged correspondence shall be inserted into an
				  envelope clearly identifying a privileged correspondence addressee as
				  enumerated in Subsection (e) of Section
				  18-81-28
				  and sealed by the inmate. Outgoing privileged correspondence shall not be
				  opened, nor read. Each facility shall provide a special mailbox for unfranked
				  privileged correspondence directed toward Department officials in accordance
				  with Section
				  18-81-34
				  above. All correspondence shall be forwarded without unnecessary
				  delay.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Inmate Communications › Section 18-81-36 - Incoming privileged correspondence

Current through July 10, 2024
All incoming privileged correspondence shall be opened and
				  inspected, but not read, only in the presence of the inmate addressee.
(a)
Inspection and Rejection.
If
				upon opening and inspecting such privileged correspondence it contains
				nonwritten enclosure(s), then such enclosure(s) may be examined to determine
				whether the delivery of such enclosure(s) would reasonably jeopardize a
				legitimate penological interest. If the Unit Administrator determines that
				delivery of the enclosure(s) would reasonably jeopardize a legitimate
				penological interest, then the Unit Administrator may refuse to deliver such
				correspondence and its enclosure(s). The sender and the inmate shall be
				notified in writing of the privileged correspondence rejection and the reason
				therefore. In no such case shall the Unit Administrator read the privileged
				correspondence or written enclosure(s). If the enclosure(s) is not appropriate
				for criminal prosecution, further investigation for violation of unit or
				department rules, or of the criminal law, the unread correspondence and the
				enclosure(s) shall be returned to the sender with a statement of the reason
				therefor. If the Unit Administrator reasonably believes that the enclosure(s)
				should be referred for criminal prosecution or investigation for violations of
				unit or department rules, or of the criminal law, the unread correspondence
				shall be sealed and forwarded in a confidential manner with the enclosure(s) to
				the appropriate law enforcement or other agency for investigation, together
				with a written statem as to the reason therefor.
(b)
Notice of Rejection.
In the
				event that the Unit Administrator determines that incoming privileged
				correspondence or enclosure(s) shall not be delivered as provided for in
				Subsection (a) of this Section, the inmate and the sender shall be notified in
				writing of the rejection and the reason therefor. The person(s) so notified may
				seek review in writing within 10 days thereafter from the appropriate Deputy
				Commissioner or designee. The Deputy Commissioner or designee shall notify in
				writing the person(s) of the final decision and the reasons therefor. In the
				event such rejection results in referral for prosecution or investigation for
				violation(s) of unit or department rules, or of the criminal law, the notice of
				rejection may be delayed until the appropriate investigation is
				completed.
(c)
Accidental
				Opening.
If privileged correspondence is opened accidentally, outside
				the presence of the inmate, the envelope shall be immediately stapled and the
				required inspection for unauthorized enclosure(s) accomplished in the presence
				of the inmate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Inmate Communications › Section 18-81-37 - Forwarding of mail

Current through July 10, 2024
An inmate shall be responsible for informing a correspondent
				  of a change of address. When an inmate is transferred to another facility
				  privileged correspondence shall be forwarded to the inmate's new facility. The
				  Department shall not be responsible for the forwarding of general
				  correspondence. If an inmate has escaped or is released, the correspondence
				  shall be marked "Escaped" or "Released" and returned to the
				  sender.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Inmate Communications › Section 18-81-38 - Certified mail

Current through July 10, 2024
Requests for a speedy trial under Sections
				  54-82c
				  and
				  54-186 of
				  the Connecticut General Statutes and correspondence with the Sentence Review
				  Board shall be the only correspondence routinely sent certified. Any other
				  request for mailing by Certified Mail, for good cause, shall be authorized at
				  the discretion of the Unit Administrator.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Inmate Communications › Section 18-81-39 - Incoming publications and materials

Current through July 10, 2024
Requests for any local orders for books, magazines,
				  newspapers, educational materials or periodicals shall be made through the
				  school principal or other person as designated by the Unit Administrator who
				  shall determine that the inmate is able to pay for such material(s). If
				  approved, a check or money order for payment shall be withdrawn from the
				  inmate's account and included with the order. An inmate may order hardcover
				  books in new condition only from a publisher, book club, or book store.
				  Incoming materials which adversely affect a valid penological interest may be
				  rejected in accordance with the following review procedures:
(a)
Procedures for Review of
				Publications and Sexually Explicit Materials.
The Unit Administrator may
				reject a publication only if it is determined to be detrimental to the
				security, good order, or discipline of the facility or if it might facilitate
				criminal activity. The Unit Administrator may not reject a publication solely
				because its content is religious, philosophical, political, social or sexual,
				or because its content is unpopular or repugnant. Publications which may be
				rejected by a Unit Administrator include but are not limited to publications
				which meet one of the following criteria:
(1)
				It depicts or describes procedures for the construction or use of weapons,
				ammunition, bombs or incendiary devices.
(2) It depicts, encourages, or describes
				methods of escape from correctional facilities, or contains blueprints,
				drawings or similar descriptions of the Department of Correction's
				facilities.
(3) It depicts or
				describes procedures for the brewing of alcoholic beverages, or the manufacture
				of drugs.
(4) It is written in
				code.
(5) It depicts, describes or
				encourages activities which may lead to the use of physical violence or group
				disruption.
(6) It encourages or
				instructs in the commission of criminal activity.
(7) It is sexually explicit material which by
				its nature or content poses a threat to the security, good order, or discipline
				of the facility, or facilitates criminal activity.
A Unit Administrator shall determine that sexually explicit
				  material of the following types is to be excluded:
(A) Sado-masochistic
(B) Bestiality
(C) Involving children
(D) Materials depicting sexual activity which
				involves use of force or without the consent of one or more parties.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Inmate Communications › Section 18-81-40 - Stationery supplies

Current through July 10, 2024
Each correctional facility commissary shall sell:
(a) Stationery, envelopes, postcards,
				greeting cards and postage.
(b)
				Aerogramme folding letters (for foreign air mail letters).
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Inmate Communications › Section 18-81-41 - Telephone access

Current through July 10, 2024
Each Facility Administrator shall provide "collect call only"
				  telephones which allow for outgoing calls in areas specified by the Unit
				  Administrator for inmate use. Schedules and terms for telephone use shall be
				  posted in telephone areas. Inmate use of "collect call only" telephones shall
				  be deemed a privilege and not an entitlement. Use of any telephone may be
				  prohibited by the Facility Administrator to meet any valid penological
				  interest. If the call is to an attorney, such prohibition shall be based upon a
				  determination relating to the maintenance of security, safety or orderly
				  operation of the facility. The availability or use of any telephones may be
				  restricted or terminated at the discretion of the Commissioner or
				  designee.
Credit card calls, billing to a third party, call forwarding,
				  transfers or any other method which circumvents collect call billing shall be
				  prohibited.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Inmate Communications › Section 18-81-42 - Restrictive housing inmate

Current through July 10, 2024
An inmate in punitive segregation status, administrative
				  detention status or transfer detention status shall not be allowed to use a
				  "collect call only" telephone except for cause as approved by the Unit
				  Administrator. An inmate in administrative segregation status shall be allowed
				  one (1) phone call up to 15 minutes per week, plus telephone calls to
				  attorneys, as approved by a supervisor. An inmate on protective custody status
				  shall be allowed telephone calls on a comparable basis to inmates in general
				  population, but limited to those periods when protective custody inmates are
				  allowed out of their cells.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Inmate Communications › Section 18-81-44 - Recording and listening to 'collect call only' telephone calls

Current through July 10, 2024
Only telephone calls from "collect call only" telephones may
				  be recorded and listened to provided the following provisions are complied
				  with:
(a)
Notification.
A
				sign in English and Spanish shall be posted at each inmate telephone location
				which reads: "Any conversation utilizing these telephones shall be subject to
				recording and listening."
Upon admission, each inmate shall be given a form stating
				  that the inmate's telephone calls are subject to recording and listening. The
				  inmate shall acknowledge reading the form by a legible printed name and
				  signature or by an appropriate assent acknowledged in writing by a staff
				  member. Any inmate not so consenting shall not be allowed use of the "collect
				  call only" telephones and shall be instructed that any such use shall be
				  unauthorized and in violation of institutional rules.
(b)
Automatic Tone Warning.
Inmate telephone calls shall be recorded in accordance with the provisions of
				Section
				52-570d
				of the Connecticut General Statutes and any other applicable law. No call shall
				be recorded unless the recording is accompanied by an automatic tone warning
				device which automatically produces a distinct signal that is repeated at
				intervals of approximately 15 seconds during the communication while such
				instrument, device or equipment is in use.
(c)
Listening.
Listening shall
				be authorized only by the Unit Administrator or higher authority when there is
				reason to believe that such listening is reasonably related to the maintenance
				of the security, good order or discipline of the facility or the prevention of
				criminal activity either within the facility or without.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Inmate Communications › Section 18-81-45 - Access to and retention of recordings of telephone calls

Current through July 10, 2024
Only personnel authorized in writing by the Unit
				  Administrator or higher authority shall listen to inmate telephone calls or
				  recordings of inmate telephone calls. Such person authorized in writing to
				  listen should be a person whose duties relate to the purposes as stated in
				  Subsection (c) of Section
				  18-81-44
				  and who has been instructed and trained in these governing standards so as to
				  eliminate the listening to conversations not directly related to these
				  standards. Access to tapes shall be limited to persons designated in writing by
				  the Commissioner or the Unit Administrator or their designees. Tapes shall be
				  maintained for a minimum of 90 days at which time they can be reused, except
				  that any tape containing information leading to administrative, investigative
				  or legal action shall be maintained for three years or for the duration of the
				  proceedings whichever is longer.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Inmate Communications › Section 18-81-46 - Privileged telephone calls

Current through July 10, 2024
An inmate shall be provided a reasonable accommodation to
				  make prearranged non-recorded telephone calls to any person enumerated in
				  Subsection (e) of Section
				  18-81-28
				  on non-collect call only telephones without the recording and/or listening
				  provided for in Section
				  18-81-44
				  above, and provided the person enumerated in Subsection (e) of Section
				  18-81-28
				  called agrees to accept the charges. Such calls shall be placed by staff who
				  shall verify the party's identity prior to placing the inmate on line. The
				  staff member shall then move out of listening range of the inmate's
				  conversation. The employee placing the call may maintain visual observation of
				  the inmate. Such calls shall normally be limited to ten minutes
				  duration.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Inmate Communications › Section 18-81-47 - Listening to non-recorded telephone calls

Current through July 10, 2024
Non-privileged telephone calls conducted on non-recorded
				  telephone lines may be listened to (e.g., on an extension line) provided the
				  following provisions are complied with:
(a) The telephone call is placed by a
				Department of Correction staff member whose duties include placing of telephone
				calls for inmates.
(b) The inmate
				for whom the call is made and the person to whom the call is made are informed
				by such staff member that the call will be listened to and they both agree to
				this arrangement.
(c) Such call and
				listening is reasonably related to a legitimate penological interest.
(d) The inmate signs a statement agreeing to
				have the conversation listened to.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Inmate Communications › Section 18-81-48 - Termination

Current through July 10, 2024
Any call may be terminated for the following reasons:
(a) Violation of unit rules.
(b) Illegal activity.
(c) Exceeding applicable time
				limits.
(d) Vandalism or misuse of
				equipment.
(e) Threatening or
				disruptive behavior.
(f) In the
				event of a unit emergency.
(g) For
				a legitimate penological interest.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Inmate Communications › Section 18-81-50 - Notification

Current through July 10, 2024
Upon admission, each inmate shall be given a form which
				  states, "I have been advised that the Commissioner of Correction has adopted
				  regulations pertaining to mail and telephone use and that these regulations are
				  contained in Sections
				  18-81-28
				  through
				  18-81-51
				  of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies." The inmate shall acknowledge
				  reading the form by signature.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Inmate Communications › Section 18-81-51 - Disclosure of correspondence and/or telephone conversations

Current through July 10, 2024
Information obtained from correspondence and/or telephone
				  calls by correctional staff, pursuant to the provisions of these regulations,
				  shall be disclosed only as reasonably necessary to promote legitimate
				  penological, law enforcement or public safety purposes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Inmate Property › Section 18-81-55 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
For the purposes of Sections 18-81-55 through
				  18-81-56,
				  the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "Property" means any tangible physical
				object possessed or owned by an inmate, excluding money.
(b) "Unclaimed Inmate Property" means any
				inmate property that:
(1) is not claimed at
				discharge or within 30 days after discharge;
(2) is not claimed by the inmate's next of
				kin within 30 days of notification of an inmate's death;
(3) belongs to an inmate who has escaped; or
(4) is contraband that has not been
				otherwise disposed of.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81 - Department Organization and its General Course of Method and Operation › Inmate Property › Section 18-81-56 - Disposal of unclaimed property

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any unclaimed
				inmate property with reasonable market value shall be disposed of at public
				auction in accordance with procedures established and administered by the
				Department of Administrative Services. All proceeds from any such sale shall be
				deposited in the general fund and credited to the criminal injuries
				compensation fund established by Section
				54-215.
(b) Any unclaimed inmate property with no
				reasonable market value shall be discarded.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81i - Storage of Weapons by the Department of Correction › Section 18-81i-1 - Storage of weapons by the department of correction

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definition.
As used in this section, the following definition shall
				apply:
"Secure location" means an armory or weapons storage container
				that is (1) designed for the storage of weapons, (2) situated on Department of
				Correction property in an area inaccessible to inmates and the public, (3)
				authorized by the Commissioner of Correction as a location for the storage of
				weapons, and (4) secured by means of a locking mechanism which restricts access
				by anyone other than personnel authorized by the Commissioner of
				Correction.
(b)
Implementation.
The Commissioner shall store any firearm, ammunition or deadly
				weapon owned by the department in a secure location when such firearm,
				ammunition or deadly weapon is not in use by authorized personnel of the
				department. The Commissioner shall designate an individual at each location
				where weapons are stored to implement record-keeping procedures for inventory,
				tracking, distribution and maintenance of such firearms, ammunition and deadly
				weapons.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81q - Return of Drug Products From Correctional Institutions › Section 18-81q-1 - Return of drug products from correctional institutions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any pharmacy that accepts for return drug
			 products dispensed to correctional institutions, pursuant to section 27 of
			 Public Act No. 01-9, June Special Session, shall comply with the requirements
			 of this section.
(b) A pharmacy
			 shall not accept for return any drug products that do not meet the criteria for
			 return under section 27 of Public Act No. 01-9, June Special Session.
(c) A pharmacy shall physically inspect all
			 drug products that are returned by correctional institutions. Any drug products
			 in original manufacturer's dispensing packages that have been opened, have had
			 doses removed, or show any signs of tampering shall not be returned to stock.
			 Any drug products packaged in unit dose or blister type packaging that appear
			 to have been removed from and returned to the dispensing package, or drug
			 products in such packaging that appears to have been tampered with or the
			 integrity of which appears to be compromised in any way, shall not be returned
			 to stock, except as permitted in subsection (d)(2) of this section.
(d) Except as provided in subsections (b) and
			 (c) of this section, a pharmacy may return to stock for re-dispensing drug
			 products:
(1) packaged in original
			 manufacturer's dispensing packages;
(2) packaged in unit dose or blister type
			 packaging whose individual labeling and integrity remains intact even though
			 doses may have been removed from the outer package; or
(3) originally packaged by the pharmacy into
			 multiple dose blister packaging. Except as otherwise permitted by this
			 subdivision, such drug products shall be removed from the original dispensing
			 package before being placed into pharmacy stock for re-dispensing. This process
			 shall be done in a manner that insures that the lot number and expiration date
			 for the drug product are maintained and that the individual doses of the drug
			 product are not exposed to possible adulteration or cross-contamination.
			 Generically equivalent drug products from more than one drug manufacturer shall
			 not be co-mingled. Removal of the drug product from the original dispensing
			 package prior to re-dispensing shall not be required for packaging from which
			 no doses have been removed and for packaging that allows disassembly without
			 handling the drug product, while maintaining product identification, lot
			 number, and expiration date.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 18 - Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction › 81kk - Access to Records by Persons who were Injured While in the Custody of the Commissioner of Correction › Section 18-81kk-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
The following definitions shall apply to Sections 18-81kk-1 to
				18-81kk-7, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
			 Correction or the Commissioner's designated representatives.
(2) "Director of Security" means the Director
			 of the Security Division of the Department of Correction or the Director's
			 designated representative.
(3)
			 "Document" means a written or printed document, or an electronic document,
			 including a communication by electronic mail.
(4) "Fatal injury" means an injury that
			 occurred while an inmate was incarcerated in a correctional facility and caused
			 the death of that inmate.
(5)
			 "Permanent disability" means a medically determined physical impairment that:
(A) Substantially limits one or more major
			 life activity; and
(B) Is the
			 direct result of an injury sustained while in Department of Correction custody
			 in a correctional facility.