New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10A - CORRECTIONS
Chapter 20 - RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION PROGRAM (RCRP)
Subchapter 4 - RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION PROGRAM
Section 10A:20-4.33 - Personal property
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) Neither the Department of Corrections nor the Residential Community Reintegration Program shall be responsible for the personal property of inmates.
(b) Inmates shall make arrangements to have valuable and excessive property sent home prior to transfer to the Residential Community Reintegration Program.
(c) Social Security cards, birth certificates, and/or identification cards issued by the Motor Vehicle Commission shall be sent to the Residential Community Reintegration Program by the parent correctional facility and shall not be considered personal property or a Keep-on-Person (KOP) item.
(d) Inmates may be permitted to retain in their possession such items of personal property in the Residential Community Reintegration Program, as are permitted by Residential Community Reintegration Program rules and regulations.
(e) Within 24 hours of arrival at the Residential Community Reintegration Program, inmates shall complete a Universal Property Pick- up Form to identify their designee for pick-up of personal property in the instance the inmate is unexpectedly removed from, or leaves, the facility for reasons other than return to the custody of the New Jersey Department of Corrections or escapes.
(f) In the instance of escape of an inmate, personal property shall be held at the Residential Community Reintegration Program for 30 calendar days, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 10A:1-11.9.
(g) In the instance of death of an inmate, their personal property shall be distributed in accordance with the provisions set forth at N.J.A.C. 10A:16-7.6, Distribution of money and personal belongings of deceased inmates.