N.J. Admin. Code § 13:95-19.24

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 13:95-19.24 - Disapproved correspondence

(a) Any correspondence to or from a juvenile may be withheld in the mail room or taken from a juvenile's possession if it falls within one of the following categories:

1. The correspondence contains material which is detrimental to the security and/or order of the secure facility because it incites violence based upon race, religion, creed or nationality and a reasonable inference can be drawn, based upon the experience and professional expertise of correctional administrators, that it may result in the outbreak of violence within the facility;

2. The correspondence contains information regarding:

i. The manufacture of explosives;

ii. The manufacture of weapons;

iii. The manufacture of controlled dangerous substances;

iv. Escape plans;

v. Lock picking or locking devices; or

vi. Anything that might pose a threat to the security or orderly operation of the secure facility;

3. The correspondence contains information that appears to be written in code;

4. The correspondence contains information concerning activities within or outside the secure facility which would be subject to criminal prosecution under the laws of New Jersey or the United States;

5. The correspondence incites violence or destructive or disruptive behavior toward:

i. Law enforcement officers;

ii. Commission or contract vendor personnel or other staff;

iii. Secure facility juveniles, visitors and/or volunteers; or

iv. Secure facility programs or procedures; or

6. The correspondence contains material which, based upon the experience and professional expertise of correctional administrators and judged in the context of a secure facility and its paramount interest in security, order and rehabilitation:

i. Taken as a whole, appeals to a prurient interest in sex;

ii. Lacks, as a whole, serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value; and

iii. Depicts, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct including patently offensive representations or descriptions of ultimate sexual acts, masturbation, excretory functions, lewd exhibition of the genitals, sadism or masochism.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:95-19.24