N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:53-4.14

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 3A:53-4.14 - Mail and telephone communications

(a) There shall be no restriction on the amount of mail a child at the shelter facility or shelter home is permitted to send or receive.

(b) Incoming and outgoing mail for or from any child at the shelter facility or shelter home shall not be withheld or read by any shelter facility staff member or shelter home parent.

(c) A shelter facility staff member may open parcels and letters only if she or he suspects that the contents contain contraband and then only in the presence of the child sending or receiving the parcel or letter and another staff member. A record shall be maintained in the child's file documenting the specific reason why such mail was opened and the results. The record shall be dated and signed by the shelter facility administrator or his or her designate.

(d) Each child in the shelter facility or shelter home shall receive a reasonable postage allowance and writing materials for correspondence.

(e) A telephone shall be made available for use by the children in the shelter facility or shelter home.

(f) Each child in a shelter facility or shelter home shall be permitted to make and receive a reasonable number of telephone calls.

(g) Telephone calls made or received by a child shall not be monitored.

N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:53-4.14

Recodified from 10:124-4.13 and amended by R.2016 d.033, effective 4/18/2016.
See: 47 N.J.R. 2613(a), 47 N.J.R. 2695(a), 48 N.J.R. 649(a).
Inserted "shelter" preceding "home" throughout; and in (c), substituted "she or he" for "s/he" and "his or her" for "his/her". Former N.J.A.C. 10:124-4.14, Firearms/weapons prohibition, recodified to N.J.A.C. 10:124-4.15.