Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The Superintendent or designee shall be responsible to write a letter of information, in English and translated into Spanish, which provides the pertinent visiting policies with which prospective visitors should be familiar. This letter shall include, but is not limited to:
1. Visiting times;
2. The number of permissible visitors;
3. Guidelines for visits by children;
4. The identification required;
5. The prohibition on smoking and tobacco products;
6. Notification that no money, photos, gifts, or any other items may be given to a juvenile by a visitor;
7. Notification that in accordance with 13:103-8.14 all visitors, their belongings and vehicles are subject to searches while on the premises of a facility under the jurisdiction of the Commission;
8. Notification that a visitor who enters the premises of a facility under the jurisdiction of the Commission and refuses to submit to a search shall be:
i. Banned from visiting a juvenile committed to the custody of the Commission for 60 days and required to reapply in writing to the Superintendent for approval/disapproval of the reinstatement of visit privileges in accordance with the standards set forth in N.J.A.C. 13:103-8.4; and
ii. Directed to immediately leave the premises of the facility under the jurisdiction of the Commission;
9. Notification that a positive indication upon search is probable cause to believe that criminal activity has or is taking place and, the visitor(s) shall be:
i. Detained;
ii. Subject to further search and arrest; and
iii. In accordance with 13:103-8.14(f), if a controlled dangerous substance is discovered on, in the possession of, or in the vehicle of the visitor(s), the visitor shall be permanently banned from visiting a juvenile in the custody of the Commission;
10. Directions to the residential community home; and
11. Provisions of 2C:29-6, which prescribe specific penalties for introducing contraband into a correctional facility.
(b) Information summarizing the notices required by (a) above shall be posted in the visiting areas of the residential community home.
(c) Unless determined under the provisions of 13:103-8.4 (b) to have a harmful influence upon the juvenile or to constitute a threat to the security of the residential community home, a "household member" shall be notified that he or she is permitted to visit the juvenile, and shall be sent a copy of the residential community home's letter of information. Such notification, and transmission of the letter of information, shall be sent within five business days from the day the juvenile is received at the residential community home.
