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 13:103-7.8 - Inspection and identification of incoming correspondence

(a) Incoming correspondence shall be opened and inspected for contraband, but it shall not be read unless there is reason to believe that the correspondence contains disapproved content pursuant to 13:103-7.24. If there is reason to believe that the correspondence contains disapproved content, the correspondence shall be read only upon prior authorization of the Superintendent or designee.

(b) A confidential list of the names of juveniles whose incoming correspondence is authorized to be read shall be established and maintained in the residential community home's mailroom, or wherever the confidentiality of the list can be maintained.

(c) The sender's name and address and the juvenile's name should appear legibly on the outside of all incoming correspondence.

(d) Correspondence without the juvenile's name shall be returned to the sender. When both the juvenile's name and the sender's name and address do not appear on the outside of the incoming correspondence, the correspondence shall be marked "Refused" and returned to the United States Postal Service unopened.

(e) If either the sender's name or address does not appear, but the juvenile's name does appear on the outside of the incoming correspondence, the correspondence may be delivered to the juvenile after the correspondence has been opened and inspected for contraband.

(f) If it is necessary to return correspondence to a sender and the return address is incomplete, the correspondence shall be marked "Refused" and returned to the United States Postal Service unopened.