N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:31-16.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 9, May 6, 2024

Section 10A:31-16.2 - Disciplinary rule book

(a) Staff at the adult county correctional facility shall develop a written inmate disciplinary rule book which includes:

1. All chargeable offenses;

2. The schedule of sanctions;

3. The disciplinary procedures;

4. The disciplinary appeal process; and

5. A notice that N.J.A.C. 10A:4, Inmate Discipline, also applies to State sentenced inmates incarcerated within the adult county correctional facility.

(b) Each inmate, upon admission to the facility, shall be given a copy of the disciplinary rule book, the contents of which may be incorporated into a general book of facility rules and regulations, and the inmate shall sign a form acknowledging receipt of the rule book.

(c) Each staff member shall be given a copy of the inmate disciplinary rule book.

(d) Staff members shall assist inmates who are illiterate, not sufficiently conversant with the English language or otherwise unable to read due to a physical or medical inability in understanding the disciplinary rules.

(e) Where a facility has a large number of inmates in the population who speak a foreign language, the disciplinary rules shall be printed and/or presented verbally in the foreign language.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:31-16.2

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 3751(a), effective 12/4/2017