New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 103 - COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Subchapter 7 - MAIL: CORRESPONDENCE, LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE, PUBLICATIONS, AND PACKAGES FOR JUVENILES RESIDING IN RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY HOMES
Section 13:103-7.15 - Inspection and identification of outgoing publications

(a) Outgoing publications shall be reviewed to determine the sender.

(b) The juvenile's name shall appear legibly on the outside of the publication.

(c) If the name of the sender does not appear on the outside of the outgoing publication, it shall be opened and examined to determine the sender so that it can be returned to the juvenile. If the sender cannot be identified, the outgoing publication shall be destroyed.

(d) Except as required under (c) above, outgoing publications shall not be opened, read, or censored unless there is reason to believe that the publication contains disapproved content under the provisions of 13:103-7.37 and then only with the prior approval of the Superintendent or designee.

(e) Outgoing publications that are opened pursuant to this subchapter shall, once reviewed and approved, be resealed and mailed promptly.

(f) A confidential list of the outgoing publications that are read pursuant to this subchapter shall be maintained in the mailroom of the residential community home, or wherever the confidentiality of the list can be maintained.