N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:19-3.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 10A:19-3.1 - Interviewing and photographing inmates by news media representatives and/or freelancers

(a) An inmate may be photographed, interviewed, recorded, filmed, and/or videotaped by news media representatives and/or freelancers:

1. If the inmate has sufficient mental capacity to understand the nature and implication of these activities;

2. If the inmate indicates approval, in writing, on the inmate consent form; and

(b) In the event an inmate is a juvenile sentenced as an adult or an inmate does not have sufficient mental capacity to understand the nature and implication of being photographed, interviewed, recorded, filmed and/or videotaped by news media representatives and/or freelancers, the written consent of the inmate's guardian shall be required.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:19-3.1

Amended by R.2004 d.29, effective 1/20/2004.
See: 35 New Jersey Register 4427(a), 36 New Jersey Register 446(a).
In (a), deleted "his or her" preceding "approval" in 2 and substituted "a correctional facility" for "an institution" in 3; in (b), inserted "is a juvenile sentenced as an adult or an inmate" following "In the event an inmate".

Amended by 54 N.J.R. 2145(a), effective 11/21/2022