Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1)
Operations and Procedures:
(a) Each facility
will post normal law library hours of operation.
(b) Work space will be provided for inmate
use in all facility law libraries.
(c) Assigned legal assistants will be
provided work space and access to computer equipment for research and word
processing.
(d) Commissary items,
personal property, and other items that are unrelated to legal research or
preparation of legal documents are not permitted in facility law
libraries.
(2) Legal
Research Materials: Legal research materials in either electronic or hard copy
form will be maintained for inmate use in facility law libraries.
(3) Legal Assistants: Library coordinators
may assign a legal assistant to help guide and assist another inmate in legal
research and in the preparation of legal documents using available computerized
and hard copy resources under the supervision and direction of the library
coordinator in accordance with these rules.
(4) Legal Forms:
(a) Legal forms that are made available in
facility law libraries for use by priority legal users will be provided upon
request.
(b) Other legal forms may
be made available in facility law library for use by general legal users at the
discretion of the library coordinator, with the approval of the functional unit
manager and Central Library Administrator.
(c) The department does not warrant or make
any representation regarding the suitability of any legal form made available
for inmate use in the facility law libraries for a particular legal matter or
application or regarding the legal effect of any legal form. Inmates who
request and use such forms do so at their own legal risk.
(d) An inmate may request and obtain access
from the department to only those legal forms that are made available for
inmate use in the facility law library where the inmate is housed.
(5) Word Processing and Other
Equipment:
(a) The department may, in its
discretion, make word processing and other equipment available for inmate use
for conducting legal research, preparing legal documents, and for reviewing
personal court records and discovery.
(b) When made available for inmate use, word
processing and other equipment and its use must conform to the standards set
forth in the department's rules on Inmate Access to Automation (OAR 291-086),
law library operations for word processing and usage, and the provisions of OAR
291-139-0190(2).
(c) The department, in its discretion, may
make available for inmate use in facility law libraries software used by state
and federal courts and paroling authorities for reviewing audio and video
recordings of official proceedings before courts and paroling authorities.
Electronic material sent into the facility by a court, paroling authority or
attorney must be compatible with the software provided in the facility law
library. Refer to OAR
291-139-0190(3)
for storage, control, and disposition of audio and video recordings of courts
and paroling authorities.
(6) Supplies: Supplies (e.g. pencil, paper,
envelopes) will be available for inmate use in the facility law library only
for legal research and the preparation of legal documents. Envelopes for
mailing legal documents are available for purchase from the facility commissary
or, at the discretion of the facility, may be made available for purchase
through the facility law library. Envelopes will only be provided to indigent
inmates for necessary court filings.
(7) Notary Services: Notary services for the
notarizing of legal documents will be provided to inmates when necessary
without charge in accordance with posted schedules. The requesting inmate must
show that a notary is required by the court or paroling authority.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
179.040,
423.020,
423.030 &
423.075
Stats Implemented: ORS
179.040,
423.020,
423.030 &
423.075
