New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 7 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION › Chapter VIII - Institutional Programs › Part 720 - Inmate Correspondence Program › Section 720.3 - Outgoing mail

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
An inmate may submit correspondence to be sent to any person
				  or business, subject to the conditions and limitations herein.
(a) Negative correspondence and telephone
				list. Whenever the recipient of inmate correspondence indicates, in any manner,
				that he or she does not wish to receive further correspondence from the inmate,
				the correspondence unit, the package room, the Deputy Superintendent for
				Security, the Supervising Offender Rehabilitation Coordinator, the Facility
				Community Supervision Office and the inmate shall be notified. Departmental
				Form 3402 shall be used for notification. A copy will be filed.
(1) The negative correspondence and telephone
				list shall contain the name of any person or business that has indicated, in
				any manner, that further correspondence from the inmate is not desired. If a
				request to be removed from an inmate's telephone or correspondence list is
				received, a confirmation letter shall be sent to the person making the request.
				If such a person indicates, at a later time, that further correspondence is not
				objectionable, the superintendent or his/her designee may, but need not, direct
				the name of that person or business be removed from the negative correspondence
				and telephone list. Upon receipt of a request to be placed on an inmate's
				negative correspondence and telephone list, the requester is to be informed of
				the toll-free telephone number for the Office of Victim Assistance. The
				requester should also be told that the Office of Victim Assistance is available
				to explain release notification options and access to Crime Victim Compensation
				funds, and when appropriate, to make referrals to support groups or community
				services such as those assisting victims of domestic violence or sexual
				assault.
(2) A parent, custodian or
				legal guardian of an inmate's child who requests that the facility prohibit
				correspondence between the inmate and the inmate's child should be informed
				that the request cannot be granted absent a court order. However, if an inmate
				violates department correspondence procedures, correspondence may be limited as
				with any other person.
(3) No
				inmate shall continue to submit mail to be sent to a person or business which
				currently appears on the inmate's negative correspondence and telephone list.
				Any inmate who continues to submit mail to such a person or business may be
				subject to disciplinary action and/or monitoring of outgoing mail for a
				specified period of time.
(4) No
				inmate may correspond or make telephone calls to any person who is listed on an
				active court order of protection which prohibits such contacts. The name of the
				person(s) will be added to the negative correspondence and telephone list.
				Departmental form 3402 will be completed and used for notification. A copy will
				be filed.