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New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.16 - Inspection of incoming publications

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Each incoming publication shall be opened and inspected for contraband, but shall not be read unless there is reason to believe that the publication contains disapproved content under the provisions of 13:95-19.37, and then only upon the prior authorization of the Superintendent or designee.
(b) A confidential list of the incoming publications that are read shall be maintained in the mail room of the secure facility, or wherever the confidentiality of the list can be maintained.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.17 - Identification of incoming mailed packages

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Every incoming package shall be clearly marked with the name and address of the source of sale and the juvenile's name and number.
(b) The juvenile's name and number or the name of the juvenile group shall appear on the outside of the incoming mailed package. Packages without both the juvenile's name and number or the name of the juvenile group shall be returned to the sender.
(c) If the name and address of the sender or source of sale does not appear on the outside of the incoming mailed package, it shall be examined to identify the sender or source of sale when it is opened.
(d) If the sender or source of sale of an incoming mailed package cannot be identified, the content of the package shall be destroyed.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.18 - Inspection of incoming packages

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Every incoming package shall be opened and searched for contraband except as established in (c) below.
(b) Any item of contraband which is found during a search shall be processed in accordance with N.J.A.C. 13:95-6.
(c) Any package(s) received from a source other than source of sale shall be marked "Refused" and returned to the sender unopened if the sender can be identified.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.19 - Inspection and identification of outgoing packages

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Every outgoing package shall be opened and inspected.
(b) Every outgoing package shall be clearly marked with the juvenile's name and number or the name of the juvenile group on the outside of the package.
(c) If either the juvenile's name or number or the name of the juvenile group does not appear on the outside of the outgoing package, when opened for inspection, it shall be examined to identify the sender so that it can be returned to the juvenile or juvenile group for proper mailing.
(d) If the sender of an outgoing package cannot be identified, the content of the package shall be destroyed.
(e) The content of outgoing packages shall be limited to juvenile personal property.
(f) Any item of contraband that is found during an inspection of outgoing packages shall be processed in accordance with N.J.A.C. 13:95-6.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.20 - Registered, certified, preferential, or special delivery mail

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) All registered, certified, preferential, or special delivery correspondence of a non legal nature shall be processed as regular mail and the mail room staff shall sign to acknowledge receipt of the correspondence. The juvenile shall be required to sign an acknowledgement that he or she received the correspondence.
(b) In instances where the mail room staff is not on duty to sign for registered, certified, preferential, or special delivery correspondence of a non-legal nature, the juvenile shall be required to sign for the correspondence to acknowledge receipt.
(c) Legal correspondence need not be sent by certified or registered mail.
(d) If a juvenile has sufficient funds in his or her account to cover the costs of mailing and the juvenile prefers to use certified, preferential, insured, or registered mail, the juvenile shall be permitted to do so at his or her expense.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.21 - Proof of service

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Juveniles who have insufficient funds to send legal correspondence as certified or registered mail and who are concerned that they have no proof of service where regular mail is employed, shall be advised that under the rules of court, an affidavit of service filed with the clerk of the court shall be sufficient proof of service.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.22 - Correspondence processing

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Properly identified incoming correspondence shall be distributed to juveniles, and outgoing properly identified correspondence shall be forwarded to the post office within one day of receipt in the mail room, excluding weekends, holidays and during emergency incidents.
(b) Juveniles shall not be involved in the processing of either incoming or outgoing correspondence.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.23 - Receipt of funds

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Money orders and certified checks shall be the only approved form of money received through the mail which can be accepted by the secure facility for deposit in a juvenile's account.
(b) When a juvenile receives money orders or certified checks by mail, the juvenile shall be given a receipt and the funds shall be deposited into the juvenile's account.
(c) All cash and personal checks sent through the mail to a juvenile shall be deemed contraband and processed in accordance with 13:95-6.6.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.24 - Disapproved correspondence

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Any correspondence to or from a juvenile may be withheld in the mail room or taken from a juvenile's possession if it falls within one of the following categories:
1. The correspondence contains material which is detrimental to the security and/or order of the secure facility because it incites violence based upon race, religion, creed or nationality and a reasonable inference can be drawn, based upon the experience and professional expertise of correctional administrators, that it may result in the outbreak of violence within the facility;
2. The correspondence contains information regarding:
i. The manufacture of explosives;
ii. The manufacture of weapons;
iii. The manufacture of controlled dangerous substances;
iv. Escape plans;
v. Lock picking or locking devices; or
vi. Anything that might pose a threat to the security or orderly operation of the secure facility;
3. The correspondence contains information that appears to be written in code;
4. The correspondence contains information concerning activities within or outside the secure facility which would be subject to criminal prosecution under the laws of New Jersey or the United States;
5. The correspondence incites violence or destructive or disruptive behavior toward:
i. Law enforcement officers;
ii. Commission or contract vendor personnel or other staff;
iii. Secure facility juveniles, visitors and/or volunteers; or
iv. Secure facility programs or procedures; or
6. The correspondence contains material which, based upon the experience and professional expertise of correctional administrators and judged in the context of a secure facility and its paramount interest in security, order and rehabilitation:
i. Taken as a whole, appeals to a prurient interest in sex;
ii. Lacks, as a whole, serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value; and
iii. Depicts, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct including patently offensive representations or descriptions of ultimate sexual acts, masturbation, excretory functions, lewd exhibition of the genitals, sadism or masochism.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.25 - Control of correspondence

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Except as established in (b) below, incoming correspondence which is withheld from a juvenile shall be returned to the sender, together with a notice that the material has been found to violate Commission rules governing correspondence.
(b) If the correspondence is withheld pursuant to 13:95-19.24(a)4  for containing information which would be subject to criminal prosecution under the laws of New Jersey or the United States, the correspondence shall be turned over to the Office of Investigations for further action.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.26 - Procedures for handling withheld correspondence

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) When correspondence is withheld in the mail room under the provisions of 13:95-19.24, the following action shall be taken:
1. The staff member who withholds the correspondence must submit a written report, no later than the end of the shift to the shift supervisor identifying:
i. The correspondence withheld;
ii. The juvenile's name and number to whom it was addressed;
iii. The time and date of withholding; and
iv. The category which the correspondence violates.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.27 - Procedure for handling correspondence removed from the juvenile$DQ$s possession

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) When correspondence is removed from the juvenile's possession under the provisions of 13:95-19.24, the following action shall be taken:
1. The staff member who removes the correspondence from the juvenile must submit a written report no later than the end of the shift to the shift supervisor identifying:
i. The correspondence removed;
ii. The juvenile's name and number from whom it was removed;
iii. The time and date of removal; and
iv. The category which the correspondence violates.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.28 - Appeal and final disposition

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) When the correspondence has been withheld in the mail room or when correspondence has been removed from the juvenile's possession, the sender or juvenile may appeal the action of the shift supervisor to the Superintendent within 10 calendar days of the date of notice.
(b) The sender or juvenile shall be permitted to submit documents in writing to the Superintendent that state that the challenged correspondence does not violate the category indicated in the report of the staff member.
(c) The Superintendent or designee, whose title shall not be lower than an Assistant Superintendent or Director of Custody Operations, shall consider the appeal.
(d) The Superintendent or designee shall issue a written decision on the appeal and shall respond to the sender or juvenile, as appropriate, within 72 hours of receipt of the written appeal. If the decision is to withhold the correspondence from the juvenile, the decision shall identify the category of disapproved correspondence set forth in 13:95-19.24 that is applicable to the withheld correspondence.
(e) If a correspondence is found to be objectionable only in part and such part is easily separable from the rest of the correspondence, the sender or juvenile, as appropriate, shall be given the choice of whether to allow the secure facility to excise the offending portions or to forfeit the juvenile's right to the correspondence.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.29 - Cost of mailing legal correspondence by indigent juveniles

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The secure facility shall provide letter writing materials and shall assume the cost of mailing legal correspondence for indigent juveniles as defined in 13:95-1.3.
(b) The cost of mailing legal correspondence shall extend only to First Class or standard postage and shall not include:
1. Registered mail;
2. Certified mail;
3. Preferential mail; or
4. Insured mail.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.30 - Cost of mailing correspondence for non-indigent juveniles and for juveniles in general intake and orientation

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) If a non-indigent juvenile has funds in his or her account, the non-indigent juvenile shall be charged for the cost of mailing correspondence.
(b) If the non-indigent juvenile has temporarily overdrawn the account or has a balance in the account, but the balance is not sufficient to pay the total cost of mailing the correspondence, the secure facility shall:
1. Ensure that the correspondence is mailed via First Class and not preferential mail;
2. Remove from the non-indigent juvenile's account the amount available in accordance with (c) below;
3. Charge the non-indigent juvenile's account the amount owed the secure facility; and
4. Advise the non-indigent juvenile in writing of the amount owed and the reason therefore.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.31 - Cost of mailing correspondence by indigent juveniles

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) For indigent juveniles, the secure facility shall provide letter writing materials and shall assume the cost of mailing not more than 12 letters per month so that the indigent juvenile as defined in 13:95-1.3 can maintain community ties with family and personal friends.
(b) The secure facility shall not assume the cost of postage on:
1. Registered mail;
2. Certified mail;
3. Preferential mail; or
4. Insured mail.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.32 - Correspondence to and from illiterate juveniles

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) If a juvenile is unable to read or write, the social worker assigned to the juvenile's housing unit shall, upon request, assist the juvenile in maintaining community ties by:
1. Writing a letter as dictated by the juvenile; and
2. Reading incoming correspondence to the juvenile.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.33 - Cost of mailing legal correspondence for non-indigent juveniles and for juveniles in general intake and orientation

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) If a non-indigent juvenile has funds in his or her account, the non-indigent juvenile shall be charged for the total cost of mailing legal correspondence.
(b) If the non-indigent juvenile has temporarily overdrawn his or her account or has a balance in the account, but the balance is not sufficient to pay the total cost of mailing the legal correspondence, the cost of mailing shall be handled in accordance with 13:95-19.30.
(c) The Commission may pay for the postage of juveniles either awaiting classification in a general intake facility or in orientation.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.34 - Juvenile use of interoffice correspondence

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Juveniles shall not be permitted to use interoffice envelopes, which are purchased for use only by State employees.
(b) Juveniles using or possessing State interoffice envelopes shall be charged with Violation J608, Possession of anything not authorized for retention or receipt by a juvenile or not issued through approved facility channels. (See 13:101-4.1.)
(c) In instances where a secure facility provides envelopes to juvenile groups, plain white envelopes shall be provided.
(d) Juveniles corresponding with Commission Central Office staff, or with staff at other Commission facilities, or with the State Parole Board, shall be permitted to use the facility's "truck mail" delivery service, but the juveniles must use their own envelopes and mark the envelopes "INTEROFFICE" or "TRUCK MAIL."
(e) Juveniles shall not be permitted to use the "truck mail" delivery services to correspond with persons in other State Departments or Agencies or with juveniles in other Commission facilities. Juveniles attempting to do so shall be charged with Violation J726. Failure to comply with any written or otherwise explicitly stated rule or regulation of any Commission facility. (See N.J.A.C. 13:93-101 -4.1.)
(f) Except as described in (d) above, all outgoing correspondence shall be sent First Class mail at the juvenile's expense.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.35 - Publications in a language other than English

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
All secure facilities shall permit incoming publications in a language other than English.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.36 - Processing of publications

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) All properly identified and inspected incoming publications shall be distributed to juveniles within one day of their receipt in the mail room, excluding weekends, holidays and during emergency incidents.
(b) All properly identified outgoing publications shall be forwarded to the post office within one day of their receipt in the mail room, excluding weekends, holidays and during emergency incidents.
(c) Juveniles shall not participate in the processing of either incoming or outgoing publications.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.37 - Disapproved content in publications

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Any incoming publication may be withheld in the mail room or taken from a juvenile's possession if it falls within one of the following categories:
1. The publication contains material that is detrimental to the security and/or order of the secure facility because it incites violence based upon race, religion, creed or nationality and a reasonable inference can be drawn, based upon the experience and professional expertise of correctional administrators, that it may result in the outbreak of violence within the secure facility;
2. The publication contains information regarding:
i. Explosives;
ii. Weapons;
iii. Controlled dangerous substances;
iv. Escape plans;
v. Lockpicking and/or locking devices; or
vi. Anything that might pose a threat to the security or orderly operation of the secure facility.
3. The publication contains information which appears to be written in code;
4. The publication contains information concerning activities, within or outside the secure facility, which would be subject to criminal prosecution under the laws of New Jersey or the United States;
5. The publication incites violence, or destructive or disruptive behavior toward:
i. Law enforcement officers;
ii. Commission personnel; or
iii. Secure facility juveniles, visitors and/or volunteers; or
iv. Secure facility programs or procedures; or
6. The publication contains material which, based upon the experience and professional expertise of correctional administrators and judged in the context of a correctional facility and its paramount interest in security, order and rehabilitation:
i. Taken, as a whole, appeals to a prurient interest in sex;
ii. Lacks, as a whole, serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value; and
iii. Depicts, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct including patently offensive representations or descriptions of ultimate sex acts, masturbation, excretory functions, lewd exhibition of the genitals, sadism or masochism.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.38 - Control of publications

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Publications which are withheld or removed from a juvenile shall be disposed of in a manner determined by the juvenile and at his or her expense.
(b) If the publication is withheld pursuant to 13:95-19.37, it shall be turned over to the Office of Investigations for further action.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.39 - Procedure for handling withheld publications

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) When a publication violates one of the categories cited in 13:95-19.37 and is withheld in the mail room, the following action shall be taken:
1. The staff member who withholds the publication must submit a written report, no later than the end of the shift to the shift supervisor identifying:
i. The publication withheld;
ii. The juvenile's name and number to whom it was addressed;
iii. The time and date of withholding; and
iv. The category which the publication violates.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.40 - Procedure for handling publications removed from a juvenile$DQ$s possession

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) When a publication violates one of the categories cited in 13:95-19.37 and is removed from the juvenile's possession, the following action shall be taken:
1. The staff member who removes the publication from the juvenile must submit a written report, no later than the end of the shift to the shift supervisor identifying:
i. The publication removed;
ii. The juvenile's name and number from whom it was removed;
iii. The time and date of the removal; and
iv. The category which the publication violates.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.41 - Appeal and final disposition

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) When a publication has been withheld in the mail room or when a publication has been removed from the juvenile's possession, the sender or juvenile may appeal the action of the shift supervisor to the Superintendent within 10 calendar days of the date of the notice.
(b) The sender or juvenile shall be permitted to submit arguments, in writing to the Superintendent, that the challenged publication does not violate the category indicated in the report of the staff member.
(c) The Superintendent or designee, whose title shall not be lower than Assistant Superintendent or Director of Custody Operations, shall consider the appeal.
(d) The Superintendent or designee shall issue a written decision on the appeal and respond to the sender or juvenile, as appropriate, within 72 hours of receipt of the written appeal. If the decision is to withhold the publication from the juvenile, the decision shall contain a specific finding that the publication violates the category indicated in the report of the staff member and a notification that the publication is being returned to the sender.
(e) If a publication is found to be objectionable only in part and such part is easily separable from the rest of the publication (such as a magazine article, etc.), the juvenile shall be given the choice of whether to allow the secure facility to excise the offending portion(s) or to forfeit his or her right to the publication.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.42 - Package processing

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) All properly identified incoming packages shall be distributed to as soon as possible.
(b) All properly identified outgoing packages shall be forwarded to the post office within one day of their receipt in the mail room excluding weekends, holidays and during emergency incidents.
(c) Juveniles shall not be involved in the processing of either incoming or outgoing packages.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.43 - Forwarding correspondence, legal correspondence, publications and packages to a juvenile transferred to another facility or program

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Whenever a juvenile is transferred from a secure facility to either another facility or program, the juvenile shall be responsible for notifying correspondents of the change of address.
(b) For a period not to exceed three months, the secure facility from which the juvenile is transferred shall forward all incoming correspondence, legal correspondence, publications and packages to the facility to which the juvenile has been transferred.
(c) Any correspondence and legal correspondence received after the three-month period shall be returned to the sender. If the sender cannot be identified, the correspondence shall be marked "Refused" and returned to the United States Postal Service unopened.
(d) Any publications received after the three-month period may be destroyed or placed in the library of the secure facility from which the juvenile was transferred.
(e) Any packages received after the three-month period shall be returned to the sender, if possible, or destroyed.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.44 - Forwarding correspondence, legal correspondence, publications and packages to juvenile released on parole or at expiration of maximum sentence

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The secure facility shall obtain a juvenile's forwarding address at or about the time of the juvenile's release on parole or at the expiration of the juvenile's maximum sentence.
(b) The juvenile shall be asked whether correspondence, legal correspondence, publications and packages received at the secure facility should be forwarded to the juvenile.
(c) Upon the juvenile's request, the secure facility shall forward the correspondence, legal correspondence, publications and packages to the juvenile.
(d) The secure facility shall not forward certified or registered mail, but shall return it to the sender.
(e) Correspondence, legal correspondence, publications and packages shall be forwarded for a maximum of three months from the date of the juvenile's release. Correspondence received thereafter shall be returned to the sender. If the sender cannot be identified, the correspondence shall be marked "Refused" and returned to the United States Postal Service unopened.
(f) Publications shall be forwarded for a maximum of three months from the date of the juvenile's release. Publications received thereafter may be destroyed or placed in the library of the secure facility.
(g) Packages shall be forwarded for a maximum of three months from the date of the Juvenile's release. Packages received thereafter shall be returned to the sender, if possible, or destroyed.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.45 - Forwarding correspondence, legal correspondence, publications and packages to a juvenile remanded to a detention facility

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) When a juvenile is remanded to a county or other facility in which he or she is temporarily detained to await trial for a prior offense or for any other reasons, correspondence, legal correspondence, publications and packages received for the juvenile at the secure facility shall be forwarded to the other facility, upon the juvenile's request.
(b) Written procedures shall be developed by the secure facility for forwarding a juvenile's correspondence, legal correspondence, publications and packages when the juvenile is remanded to a detention or other facility. These procedures shall include a form which the juvenile shall sign before the juvenile is transferred to the other facility indicating whether the juvenile wishes correspondence, legal correspondence, publications and packages to be forwarded.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 19 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS AND PACKAGES › Section 13:95-19.46 - Forwarding correspondence, legal correspondence, publications and packages of a juvenile who has escaped

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) All incoming correspondence, legal correspondence, publications and packages addressed to a juvenile who has escaped from a secure facility shall be returned to the sender with an indication that the juvenile is no longer in custody.
(b) If the incoming mail does not have a return address, it shall be opened to determine the sender.
(c) If the sender cannot be identified:
1. Correspondence and legal correspondence shall be resealed and returned to the United States Postal Service;
2. Publications shall either be destroyed or placed in the library of the secure facility; and
3. Packages shall be destroyed.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 20 - VISITS AND TELEPHONE › Section 13:95-20.1 - Forms

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The following form relates to visits and telephone. (See also 13:95-1.4.):
1. J292-I Request for Attorney-Client Contact Visit.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 20 - VISITS AND TELEPHONE › Section 13:95-20.2 - Notice to juveniles

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) During the admission orientation program, juveniles shall be given a description and explanation of the rules and procedures regarding visits, bedside, private viewing and funeral visits, and telephone calls.
(b) Juveniles shall be informed of new or revised rules and procedures regarding visits, bedside, private viewing and funeral visits, and telephone calls by posting appropriate notices in housing areas.
(c) New or revised rules and procedures regarding visits, bedside, private viewing and funeral visits, and telephone calls shall be incorporated into the next revision of the resident handbook, as provided for in 13:95-12.7.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 20 - VISITS AND TELEPHONE › Section 13:95-20.3 - List of visitors

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Upon admission, a juvenile shall submit to the Superintendent or designee a list of names and addresses of potential visitors.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 20 - VISITS AND TELEPHONE › Section 13:95-20.4 - Approval of potential visitors

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The secure facility Superintendent or designee may approve the following persons to visit a juvenile:
1. Relatives (see 13:95-1.3 ). For the purpose of this subchapter, "relative" shall also include grandparents, cousins and aunts and uncles;
2. Close friends;
3. Clergy; and
4. Persons who may have a constructive influence on the juvenile.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 20 - VISITS AND TELEPHONE › Section 13:95-20.5 - Employee visits with incarcerated relatives

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Employees of the Commission who have relatives incarcerated in facilities under the jurisdiction of the Commission shall be permitted to visit such relatives provided the Superintendent is satisfied that there is no threat to the orderly operation of the secure facility.
(b) An employee of the Commission who wishes to visit a relative incarcerated in a secure facility shall submit a written request for permission to visit such relative to the Superintendent of the secure facility at which the relative is housed.
(c) The Superintendent may schedule the visit during regular visiting hours or at special times, according to the orderly administration and staffing of the secure facility.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 20 - VISITS AND TELEPHONE › Section 13:95-20.6 - Special visits

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Special visits may be authorized by the secure facility Superintendent or designee. Special visits include visits:
1. From persons who have come long distances;
2. To hospitalized juveniles;
3. To juveniles in disciplinary status; and
4. Between juveniles and:
i. Members of the clergy;
ii. Social service agency representatives;
iii. Prospective employers;
iv. Sponsors; and
v. Parole advisors.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 20 - VISITS AND TELEPHONE › Section 13:95-20.7 - Visits between incarcerated relatives

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Visits shall be permitted between juveniles and relatives (see 13:95-1.3 ) who are incarcerated in facilities under the jurisdiction of the Commission or the Department of Corrections.
(b) The following requirements must be met before visits between incarcerated relatives shall be permitted:
1. Relative relationships must be substantiated by documentation found in the classification folder or from other appropriate resources;
2. Visits must be approved by the Classification Committee; and
3. The cost of the visit to the Commission shall be borne by the juvenile involved.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 20 - VISITS AND TELEPHONE › Section 13:95-20.8 - Attorneys and court related personal visits

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Attorneys licensed in any jurisdiction and representatives of attorneys shall be permitted contact visits during regular business hours when sufficient space and staff are available.
(b) Representatives of attorneys shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
1. Investigators;
2. Investigative aides;
3. Paralegals; and
4. Law students.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 20 - VISITS AND TELEPHONE › Section 13:95-20.9 - Visits from children

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Children under the age of 18 shall not be permitted to visit unless accompanied by an adult family member of the child defined as a "relative." (See 13:95-20.4.)
(b) In unusual circumstances, exceptions to (a) above may be made by special approval of the Superintendent or designee.
(c) The adult family member who accompanies the child shall be responsible for the supervision of the child during the visit.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 20 - VISITS AND TELEPHONE › Section 13:95-20.10 - Notification to prospective visitors

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The secure facility Superintendent or designee shall be responsible to write a letter of information, in English and translated into Spanish, which provides the pertinent visiting policies with which prospective visitors should be familiar. This letter shall include, but is not limited to, the:
1. Visiting times;
2. The number of permissible visitors;
3. Guidelines for visits by children;
4. Identification required;
5. Prohibition on smoking and tobacco products;
6. Notification that in accordance with 13:95-20.15, all visitors, their belongings and vehicles are subject to searches while on the premises of a facility under the jurisdiction of the Commission;
7. Notification that a visitor(s) who enters the premises of a facility under the jurisdiction of the Commission and refuses to submit to a search shall be:
i. Banned from visiting a juvenile committed to the custody of the Commission for 60 days and required to reapply in writing to the Superintendent for approval/disapproval of the reinstatement of visit privileges; and
ii. Directed to immediately leave the premises of the facility under the jurisdiction of the Commission;
8. Notification that a positive indication as a result of a canine search and/or scanning/testing device search is probable cause to believe that criminal activity has or is taking place and, the visitor(s) shall be:
i. Detained;
ii. Subject to search and arrest; and
iii. In accordance with N.J.A.C. 13:95-20.15, if a controlled dangerous substance is discovered on, in the possession of, or in the vehicle of the visitor(s), the visitor shall be permanently banned from visiting a juvenile committed to the custody of the Commission;
9. Directions to the secure facility; and
10. Provisions of 2C:29-6 which prescribe specific penalties for introducing contraband into a secure facility.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 20 - VISITS AND TELEPHONE › Section 13:95-20.11 - Visitor identification

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Adult visitors must have photo identification when visiting a juvenile.
(b) One of the following is an acceptable form of visitor identification:
1. A current photo driver's license;
2. A current photo Welfare/Medicaid card;
3. A current employment photo I.D. card;
4. A current passport; or
5. A photo identification card issued by a municipal, county, state or Federal office (such as, but not limited to, a non-driver photo ID issued by a state motor vehicle agency).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 20 - VISITS AND TELEPHONE › Section 13:95-20.12 - Visiting schedule

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The Superintendent shall establish a visiting schedule consistent with the orderly and efficient operation of the secure facility.
(b) When the restriction of visiting on scheduled visit days is a hardship to a visitor, arrangements for suitable hours on other days may be made.
(c) Evening visit schedules may be established where the number of staff permit.
(d) Limitation on the length or frequency of visits may be imposed to avoid overcrowded conditions in the visiting area(s) or when deemed necessary by the Superintendent or designee.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 20 - VISITS AND TELEPHONE › Section 13:95-20.13 - Number of visitors

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The Superintendent shall establish written regulations as to the maximum number of persons who may visit a juvenile at one time. These regulations shall be interpreted flexibly because their purpose is to prevent overcrowding in the visiting room or unusual difficulty in supervising a visit.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 20 - VISITS AND TELEPHONE › Section 13:95-20.15 - Search of visitors

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Signs written in English and Spanish shall be posted in both the visiting area and visiting entrances stating that, as a condition of visitation, all visitors, their belongings and vehicles are subject to search while on the premises of a secure facility.
(b) All visitors entering the premises of a secure facility shall be required to submit to a search, which may include a passive canine, scanning/testing device and pat search.
(c) If a visitor refuses to submit to a search, and there is no reasonable suspicion that the visitor is in possession of contraband, the visitor shall be directed to immediately leave the premises of the secure facility. No visit shall be permitted, the visitor shall be banned from visiting any juvenile committed to the custody of the Commission for 60 days and the visitor shall be required to reapply in writing to the Superintendent for approval/disapproval of the reinstatement of visit privileges.
(d) Male or female custody staff members or scanning/testing device operators may be assigned to conduct scanning/testing device searches of visitors regardless of the gender of the visitors as long as no physical contact is required. A custody staff member of the same gender shall be assigned to conduct searches of visitors that require physical contact, including, but not limited to, pat searches.
(e) If a custody staff member or other staff receives information sufficient to form a reasonable suspicion that a visitor is carrying contraband, or when contraband has been detected or indicated on a visitor, a custody staff member with the rank of Sergeant or above shall be notified immediately. In the event the reasonable suspicion is confirmed, and in all cases when contraband has been detected or indicated on a visitor, the visitor shall be pat searched. In addition, if possession of the contraband would constitute a crime, the visitor shall be detained. In all cases under this subsection, the Superintendent or designee shall be notified, and the Office of Investigations shall be contacted.
(f) All contraband discovered during the search of a visitor shall be confiscated by the custody staff member performing the search, and a written report shall be submitted to the Superintendent.
(g) The written report shall specify:
1. The name of the custody staff member who performed the search;
2. The name of the juvenile who was to receive the visit;
3. The name and address of the visitor who was searched;
4. The time of the search;
5. The type of search and scanning/testing device used, if any, and the results if any;
6. The description of the items confiscated; and
7. The specific reason for confiscating the items.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 20 - VISITS AND TELEPHONE › Section 13:95-20.16 - Search of juveniles

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
All juveniles shall be subject to search such as, but not limited to, a scanning/testing device, canine, passive canine and/or pat search before a visit, and a scanning/testing device, canine, passive canine, pat search and/or strip search after a visit, in accordance with procedures established by N.J.A.C. 13:95-5, Searches of Juveniles and Facilities.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 20 - VISITS AND TELEPHONE › Section 13:95-20.17 - Supervision of visits

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Visits shall be supervised to help prevent the passage of contraband and to insure the security and orderly operation of the secure facility.
(b) The staff member in charge of the visiting room shall be responsible for ensuring that all visits are conducted in a quiet, orderly and dignified manner.
(c) The staff member(s) supervising visits shall be cognizant of any articles passed between the juvenile and the visitor. If there is a reasonable suspicion that articles are being passed which constitute contraband or are otherwise in violation of the law or regulations, the articles shall be confiscated and examined.
(d) Handshaking, embracing and kissing shall be permitted, within appropriate bounds, at the beginning and end of the visit in order to minimize the opportunity to introduce contraband into the secure facility.
1. A juvenile and visitor may hold hands during the visit.
2. Time restrictions regarding contact shall not apply to small children.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 20 - VISITS AND TELEPHONE › Section 13:95-20.18 - Play areas for children

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
If a secure facility provides play areas for children of visitors, signs shall be posted in both English and Spanish stating that children who use the area must be supervised by the parents or a relative and that the area and equipment are used at their own risk.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 95 - SECURE FACILITIES › Subchapter 20 - VISITS AND TELEPHONE › Section 13:95-20.19 - Gifts of money from visitors prohibited

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No cash, checks, money orders or other form of money, currency or payment may be brought into a secure facility by a visitor for a juvenile; any items brought into a secure facility in violation of this section will be treated as contraband under the provisions of N.J.A.C. 13:95-6.