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                              TEXAS DEPARTMENT               NUMBER:           ATC-050 (Rev. 4)
                                         OF
                               CRIMINAL JUSTICE               DATE:            August 1,2005

                               ACCESS TO COURTS,       '      PAGE:            lof2
                          COUNSEL & PUBLIC OFFICIALS
                                                              SUPERSEDES: AM-03.81.050 (Rev. 3)
                                                                               January 1, 1992

       SUBJECT:               WHEN AND WHERE LEGAL WORK MAY BE PERFORMED

       PURPOSE:
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       To establish when and where legal work may be conducted and provide guidance for an
       offender who requests assistance from another offender.

       PROCEDURES:

       I.     Location and Times

              A.     Offenders may conduct legal work during their off work hours either in
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                     their housing area, in the unit's library, or in other locations specified by
                     the unit Warden.

              B.     Times for law library usage must be specified on the law library schedule,
                     and such times must take into consideration all offenders' work hours and
                     scheduled activities.

                     1.       "Scheduled Activities" are programmatic! activities and shall
                              consist of both academic and vocational classes at the elementary
                              and secondary school levels (Grades 1-12).

                     2.       Offender college hour(s), craft shop, recreation, gymnasium,
                              church, counseling, etc., are not programmatic activities.

       II.    Offenders Assisting Other Offenders on Legal Matters:

              A.     A "Same-Session Visit" is a visit that each of two (2) general population
                     offenders must request, via an 1-60 to the unit Access to Courts Supervisor
                     requesting to be scheduled to attend a regularly scheduled law library
                     session for the sole purpose of discussing or preparing legal issues.
                     Priority in scheduling these same session visits shall be given to offenders
                     articulating an urgent need (e.g. court deadline, co-parties, etc.) for the
                     visit.

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                                                                      Page 2 of 2
B.    The rules permit unit law libraries to enforce a "no talking without
      permission" rule. The purpose of this rule is to prohibit some offenders
      from disrupting others in the law library. Unless the permission of the law
      library staffis obtained, only two offenders at a time may work together.
      Under normal circumstances, there is no provision to deny such legal
      discussions, and the law library staff is to facilitate such legal work.
      However, the "no talking without permission" rule can be selectively
      enforced (i.e., used when needed for certain offenders), and these
      offender's discussions may be limited to 15-20 minutes. Whereas, other
      offenders may be permitted to quietly converse regarding legal matters the
      entire law library session.

C.    Due to different work assignments or scheduled activities, two (2)
      offenders may be precluded from attending a regularly scheduled law
      library session at the same time. In such a case, the visit shall be
      scheduled like that of segregated offenders (ATC-055). One of the
      offenders must submit a request to the unit Access to Courts Supervisor
      requesting an offender/offender legal visit. The unit Access to Courts
      Supervisor shall arrange a time in which the two offenders may be
      assigned to the law library to work together. Each such legal visit requires
      a request from one of the offenders, and during the legal visit offenders
      must actively engage in some form of legal work.            Social visits are
      prohibited.

D.    Under normal, routine conditions and security concerns, general
      population same session visits cannot be denied if the offenders engage in
      legal work.

E.    Offenders on the same or other units may correspond about legal matters,
      provided that they are co-parties in a currently active legal matter or an
      offender is providing a relevant witness affidavit in a{currently active legal
      matter (BP-03.91, "Uniform Offender Correspondence Rules" and ATC-
      034, "Correspondence Qualification and Supply Issuance").

F.    The unit Access to Courts Supervisor shall attempt ito assist an offender
      with a disability that potentially impairs his ability to obtain access to
      courts.

G.^   The unit Access to Courts Supervisor shall assist monolingual (Spanish)'
      offenders through the use of unit interpreters or by providing names of
      bilingual offenders who may assist them. A list of monolingual/Spanish-
      speaking offenders on a specific unit is available on the TDCJ Mainframe
      INFOPAC System.
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