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Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTSubtitle AA - STATE COMMISSION OF CORRECTIONChapter III - Minimum Standards and Regulations for Management of Specialized Secure Juvenile Detention Facilities for Older Youth
Part 7326 - PRINTED MATERIAL AND PUBLICATIONS
Section 7326.3 - Facility review of incoming printed material and publications

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 7326.3

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Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 43, October 23, 2024
Section 7326.3 - Facility review of incoming printed material and publications
(a) Incoming printed material and publications may be read and reviewed. Incoming printed material and publications may be censored only when it is determined that an item of printed material or a publication constitutes a threat to the safety or security of a facility, or the youth's treatment or rehabilitation program.
(b) When the introduction of any printed material or publication is thought to constitute a threat to the safety or security of the facility, or the youth's treatment or rehabilitation, such printed material or publication shall be forwarded to the director, or designee, for appropriate disposition. The director, or designee, shall read and review such printed material and shall make a determination as to whether it shall be censored.
(c) Any determination made pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section shall be made in writing and shall state the specific facts and reasons underlying such determination. A copy of such determination shall be given to the intended youth recipient.
(d) The reading, review and determination made pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section shall be completed within 10 days after receipt of the printed material or publication at the facility.
(e) When any incoming printed material or publication may involve a criminal offense, it shall be forwarded by the director, or designee, for appropriate disposition.
(f) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section, the deletion of any portion of any printed material or publication that has been censored pursuant to subdivision (c) of this section shall be permitted only when the intended youth recipient consents in writing to such deletion, in which case the censored portion of the printed material or publication shall be deleted and the remainder forwarded to the intended youth recipient.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 7326.3

Adopted New York State Register September 26, 2018/Volume XL, Issue 39, eff. 9/26/2018