N.J. Admin. Code § 13:95-19.37

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 13:95-19.37 - Disapproved content in publications

(a) Any incoming publication may be withheld in the mail room or taken from a juvenile's possession if it falls within one of the following categories:

1. The publication contains material that is detrimental to the security and/or order of the secure facility because it incites violence based upon race, religion, creed or nationality and a reasonable inference can be drawn, based upon the experience and professional expertise of correctional administrators, that it may result in the outbreak of violence within the secure facility;

2. The publication contains information regarding:

i. Explosives;

ii. Weapons;

iii. Controlled dangerous substances;

iv. Escape plans;

v. Lockpicking and/or locking devices; or

vi. Anything that might pose a threat to the security or orderly operation of the secure facility.

3. The publication contains information which appears to be written in code;

4. The publication contains information concerning activities, within or outside the secure facility, which would be subject to criminal prosecution under the laws of New Jersey or the United States;

5. The publication incites violence, or destructive or disruptive behavior toward:

i. Law enforcement officers;

ii. Commission personnel; or

iii. Secure facility juveniles, visitors and/or volunteers; or

iv. Secure facility programs or procedures; or

6. The publication contains material which, based upon the experience and professional expertise of correctional administrators and judged in the context of a correctional facility and its paramount interest in security, order and rehabilitation:

i. Taken, as a whole, appeals to a prurient interest in sex;

ii. Lacks, as a whole, serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value; and

iii. Depicts, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct including patently offensive representations or descriptions of ultimate sex acts, masturbation, excretory functions, lewd exhibition of the genitals, sadism or masochism.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:95-19.37