Section Cor 314.12 - Legal Mail(a) Correspondence between a resident and his or her attorney(s) shall be opened in the presence of the resident to ensure the authenticity of the correspondence and to check for contraband.(b) The phrase "Legal Mail" shall be written on the address side of the envelope in order to assure confidential handling in either in-bound or out-bound legal mail.(c) Incoming legal mail found in violation of this rule shall be forwarded to the investigations bureau for appropriate action with the person(s) or firm(s) involved.(d) Legal mail shall not be bound. No legal correspondence shall be accepted with any type of binding attached to the pages of the documents. The NHDOC shall not consider a single staple to be "bound." Staff shall remove the staple and forward the mail to the resident.N.H. Admin. Code § Cor 314.12
Derived from Volume XLI Number 6, Filed February 11, 2021, Proposed by #13154, Effective 1/5/2021, Expires 1/5/2031.