New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 96 - JUVENILE PAROLE AND TRANSITIONAL SERVICES
Subchapter 11 - TRANSPORTATION OF JUVENILE PAROLEES AND JUVENILES
Section 13:96-11.2 - Transport of juvenile parolees and juveniles in custody

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:96-11.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) State-owned vehicles used to transport juvenile parolees and juveniles in custody shall be four-door sedans or wagons, or vans, and shall be equipped with standard police issue equipment, including protective screening devices to separate juvenile parolees and juveniles from the driver.

(b) Opening devices on the doors and windows of rear seating areas of State-owned vehicles used to transport juvenile parolees and juveniles shall be inoperable for occupants of those areas.

1. The locking mechanisms for the doors to rear seating areas shall be operable from outside the vehicle only when the front doors to the vehicle are open.

(c) Vehicles used to transport juvenile parolees and juveniles in custody shall be thoroughly searched for contraband by transporting juvenile parole officers before and after being used.

(d) Juvenile parole officers transporting juvenile parolees or juveniles shall be provided with necessary mechanical restraints which shall be used in accordance with 13:96-3.7.

(e) Juvenile parole officers transporting juvenile parolees and juveniles in custody shall be armed with Commission authorized weapons and ammunition. Any use of force shall be governed by N.J.A.C. 13:96-3.

(f) When transporting juvenile parolees and juveniles in custody, the ratio of transporting juvenile parole officers to juvenile parolees or juveniles shall be two juvenile parole officers for one juvenile parolee or juvenile, two juvenile parole officers for two juvenile parolees or juveniles, and three juvenile parole officers for three juvenile parolees or juveniles.

(g) Searches of juvenile parolees and juveniles being transported shall be conducted in accordance with N.J.A.C. 13:96-6.

(h) Juvenile parolees and juveniles shall be carefully guarded during transport to prevent escape and receipt of contraband.

(i) No communication between the juvenile parolees and juveniles being transported and the public shall be permitted at any time during transport.

(j) A juvenile parolee's and juvenile's special requests during transport not related to the purpose of the trip shall not be honored.

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