N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:8-3.5

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

Section 10A:8-3.5 - Correctional facility and unit-specific Inmate Handbook content

(a) The correctional facility Inmate Handbook shall contain an introduction which explains the philosophy of the correctional facility.

(b) The correctional facility Inmate Handbook shall include, but shall not be limited to, an explanation and/or description of:

1. The reception process;

2. The classification process;

3. The rights and privileges of inmates:

i. Correspondence;

ii. Visits;

iii. Telephone calls;

iv. Inmate accounts;

v. Inmate legal services;

vi. Inmate business activities;

vii. Access to the Corrections Ombudsperson; and

viii. Inmate inquiries, grievances, and appeals.

4. Work opportunities;

5. Correctional facility services:

i. Medical;

ii. Dental;

iii. Psychological;

iv. Psychiatric;

v. Counseling (individual and group);

vi. Substance use disorder treatment;

vii. Social services;

viii. Educational;

ix. Religious;

x. Video teleconferencing (V.T.C.); and

xi. Clothing.

6. Recreation and leisure time activities;

7. Grooming and hygiene;

8. Personal property;

9. Housekeeping;

10. Procedures for name change;

11. Marriage and civil union;

12. Community Release Programs;

13. Other programs and services; and

14. Parole/expiration of sentence.

(c) Unit-specific Inmate Handbooks shall contain those internal management procedures, provisions, privileges and services specifically related to inmates assigned to the unit.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:8-3.5

Amended by R.1992 d.356, effective 9/21/1992.
See: 24 N.J.R. 2330(a), 24 N.J.R. 3315(a).
Revised (a), (a)1; deleted (b)10 and added new.
Amended by R.1997 d.388, effective 9/15/1997.
See: 29 N.J.R. 3106(a), 29 N.J.R. 4137(a).
Inserted new (b)5vii and recodified former (b)5vii and Viii as (b)5viii and ix; and in (b)12, inserted reference to video teleconferencing.
Amended by R.2002 d.172, effective 6/3/2002.
See: 34 N.J.R. 974(a), 34 N.J.R. 1917(a).
In (a), inserted "correctional facility" preceding "Inmate Handbook"; in (b), inserted "correctional facility" preceding "Inmate Handbook" in the introductory paragraph, rewrote 5, 7, and 12 and substituted "sentence" for "sentences" in 13; added (c).
Amended by R.2007 d.249, effective 8/20/2007.
See: 39 N.J.R. 1621(a), 39 N.J.R. 3542(a).
In (b)3vi, deleted "and" from the end; rewrote (b)3vii; added (b)3viii and (b)3ix; in (b)5vii, substituted "services" for "work"; added new (b)11; recodified former (b)11 and (b)12 as (b)12 and (b)13; recodified former b(13) as new (b)14 and deleted former b(13)i; and in (b)14, substituted a period for the semicolon at the end.
Administrative change.
See: 43 N.J.R. 1344(a).

Amended by 53 N.J.R. 1792(b), effective 10/18/2021