New Jersey Administrative Code

(a) The Administrator shall establish a visiting schedule consistent with the orderly and efficient operation of the correctional facility. (b) When the restriction of visiting on scheduled visit days is a hardship to a visitor, arrangements for suitable hours on other days may b…

(a) The Administrator shall establish written regulations as to the maximum number of persons who may visit an inmate at one time. (b) These regulations should be interpreted flexibly because their purpose is to prevent overcrowding in the visiting room or unusual difficulty in s…

All correctional staff members shall treat visitors in a professional, dignified, courteous and respectful manner. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:18-6.13

(a) Signs written in English and Spanish shall be posted in both the visiting area and visiting entrances stating that, as a condition of visitation, all visitors, their belongings and vehicles are subject to search(es) while on the premises of the Department of Corrections. (b) …

All inmates shall be subject to a search(es) such as, but not limited to, a scanning/testing device, canine, passive canine and/or pat search before a visit, and a scanning/testing device, canine, passive canine, pat search and/or strip search after a visit, in accordance with pr…

(a) Visits shall be supervised to help prevent the passage of contraband and to ensure the security and orderly operation of the correctional facility. (b) The staff member in charge of the visiting room shall be responsible for ensuring that all visits are conducted in a quiet, …

If a correctional facility provides play areas for children of visitors, signs shall be posted in both English and Spanish stating that children who use the area must be supervised by the parents or a relative and that the area and equipment are used at their own risk. Notes N.J.…

(a) A visitor(s) may only bring a check, other than a personal check, such as, but not limited to, official State or government checks or checks from a legitimate business or law practice to the correctional facility for deposit in an inmate's account. Cash and money orders shall…

(a) An inmate's visiting privileges shall not be denied because of a violation of correctional facility regulations, other than those regulations specifically related to or concerned with visiting privileges, except in the case of a termination of contact visits sanction as estab…

(a) Upon admission, inmates are responsible for submitting a list of names and addresses of their potential visitors to the Administrator or designee. (b) Inmates are responsible for submitting any subsequent revisions to their list of visitors in accordance with internal managem…

(a) An inmate may request the reinstatement of contact visit privileges that were terminated in accordance with N.J.A.C. 10A:4-5.1 and 12. After 365 days from the date the sanction was imposed, the inmate may forward a written request for reinstatement of contact visit privileges…

(a) The Administrator of a correctional facility shall notify the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections whenever the safety, security and orderly operation of the correctional facility is seriously threatened. (b) The Commissioner shall determine if an emergency exists at…

(a) Video visits are available only in a limited number of correctional facilities, at this time, that have the network capacity and necessary vendor-provided equipment. Inmates should check their correctional facility and unit specific Inmate Handbooks for availability, as well …

(a) The correctional facility Administrator or designee may approve the following persons to visit an inmate:1. Relatives (see N.J.A.C. 10A:1-2.2). For the purposes of this subchapter, "relative" shall also include grandparents, cousins and aunts and uncles; 2. Close friends; 3. …

(a) Employees of the Department of Corrections who have relatives incarcerated in facilities under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey Department of Corrections shall be permitted to visit an incarcerated relative provided the Administrator is satisfied that there is no threat to …

(a) Special visits may be authorized by the correctional facility Administrator or designee. Special visits include: 1. Visits from persons who have come long distances; 2. Visits to hospitalized inmates; 3. Visits to inmates in disciplinary status; and 4. Visits between inmates …

(a) Visits shall be permitted between incarcerated relatives (see N.J.A.C. 10A:1-2.2) that are incarcerated in facilities under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey Department of Corrections. (b) The following requirements must be met before visits between incarcerated relatives sh…

(a) Attorneys licensed in any jurisdiction and representatives of attorneys shall be permitted contact visits during regular business hours when sufficient space and staff are available. (b) At the request of the attorneys referenced in (a) above, representatives of attorneys may…

(a) Children under the age of 18 shall not be permitted to visit unless accompanied by an adult family member of the child defined as a "relative." (see N.J.A.C. 10A:18-6.3.) (b) In unusual circumstances, exceptions to (a) above may be made by special approval of the Administrato…

(a) The correctional facility Administrator or designee shall be responsible to write a letter of information, in English and translated into Spanish, which provides the pertinent visit regulations with which prospective visitors should be familiar. This letter shall include, but…

Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:18-7.1 Amended by R.1996 d.489, effective 10/21/1996. See: 28 New Jersey Register 3868(a), 28 New Jersey Register 4580(b). Added provision for private viewing. Administrative correction. See: 28 New Jersey Register 5074(a). Amended by R.1997 d.431, ef…

(a) Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:4-8.1, the correctional facility Administrator may, at his or her own discretion, authorize and permit the attendance of an inmate at the bedside of a dying relative, or at a private viewing, when no relatives or friends are present, of a deceased rela…

(a) The burden is on the inmate to prove that the ill or deceased person is a relative as defined in N.J.A.C. 10A:1-2.2 and this subchapter. (b) The Administrator or designee shall verify the illness or death of the relative. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:18-7.3 New Rule, R.1988 d…

(a) The correctional facility Administrator or designee shall determine whether an inmate is eligible to go on a bedside, private viewing, and/or funeral visit. (b) If the Administrator is in doubt as to the propriety of permitting a particular inmate to leave the correctional fa…

(a) Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:4-8.1, the inmate shall not be permitted to go on a bedside, private viewing, or funeral visit that is outside the State of New Jersey. (b) The inmate shall not be permitted to go on a bedside, private viewing of funeral visit that is in a private resi…

During the bedside private viewing or funeral visit, the inmate shall at all times be in the custody of one or more custody staff members. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:18-7.6 New Rule, R.1988 d.432, effective 9/6/1988. See: 20 New Jersey Register 1332(b), 20 New Jersey Register 2…

All court orders for bedside, private viewing, or funeral visits shall be referred immediately to the Office of the Commissioner for visit authorization. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:18-7.7 Administrative Correction to (b) changing the visit authorization. See: 22 New Jersey Regi…

(a) The inmate or the inmate's family shall reimburse the correctional facility for all travel and other necessary expenses. (b) No inmate shall be denied approval for a bedside, private viewing, or funeral visit solely because of the inability of the inmate and his or her family…

Video visits, as set forth at N.J.A.C. 10A:18-6.22, may be available for bedside, private viewing, and funeral visits, based on the availability of the necessary technology. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:18-7.9 Amended by R.1996 d.489, effective 10/21/1996. See: 28 New Jersey Regi…

(a) Designated staff at each correctional facility shall develop and implement written procedures, which provide inmates with reasonable and equitable access to public telephones. These procedures shall specify:1. Hours of telephone availability; 2. Establishing and changing indi…

(a) Inmates are afforded the privilege of placing phone calls from designated public phones in each correctional facility to any phone number subscribed to by an individual at a verifiable address. Limitations and conditions may be placed on telephone privileges by the Administra…

All inmate telephone calls may be monitored and recorded except calls to the Special Investigations Division and legal telephone calls which are made in accordance with N.J.A.C. 10A:18-8.6. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:18-8.3 Amended by R.1998 d.93, effective 2/17/1998. See: 29 N…

Outgoing telephone calls made by inmates shall be collect calls, or paid for by other authorized methods, such as an approved debit calling system, with the exception of telephone calls between incarcerated relatives, which shall be handled in accordance with N.J.A.C. 10A:18-8.7.…

(a) An inmate shall be permitted to make monitored telephone calls of reasonable length, as determined by the monitor, in emergencies such as, but not limited to: 1. The serious illness of a relative; 2. The death of a relative; or 3. Impending disaster related to the inmate's pr…

(a) The Administrator of the correctional facility shall establish written rules and regulations by which legal telephone calls may be made by: 1. Inmates; 2. Inmate paralegals; and 3. Professional staff. (b) Legal telephone calls may be made to the following individuals or agenc…

(a) Telephone calls shall be permitted between incarcerated relatives (see N.J.A.C. 10A:1-2.2). (b) Telephone calls between incarcerated relatives shall be permitted if: 1. The relative relationship has been substantiated through documentation found in the classification folder o…

(a) Correctional facilities are not obligated to provide direct telephone lines to inmate groups or organizations. (b) Authorized inmate groups and organizations may be permitted to make telephone calls to achieve approved objectives of that group in accordance with written rules…

Inmate access to telephones in Close Custody Units shall be governed by N.J.A.C. 10A:5, Close Custody Units. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:18-8.9 Amended by R.1997 d.431, effective 10/6/1997. See: 29 New Jersey Register 2769(a), 29 New Jersey Register 4311(c).

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings: "Associated anatomical area" means exposed or unclothed genitalia or female breasts. "Sexual activity" means actual or simulated ultimate sexual acts including sexual intercourse, oral…

(a) In addition to the restrictions upon the receipt, possession or distribution of correspondence and publications otherwise provided in this chapter, inmates confined to the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center (A.D.T.C.) shall not receive, possess, distribute or exhibit sexua…

(a) Inmates at the A.D.T.C. shall be informed of the rules governing the withholding and removal of sexually oriented materials regarding the receipt, possession, distribution or exhibition of sexually oriented materials by posting appropriate notices in the correctional facility…

(a) Nothing in this subchapter shall preclude an inmate at the A.D.T.C. from observing sexually oriented materials during an authorized treatment therapy session if the Administrator or designee, after consultation with the treatment staff, determines that the possession of the m…

(a) As provided in N.J.S.A. 2C:47-10(c), any inmate at the A.D.T.C. who receives, possesses, distributes or exhibits sexually oriented materials shall be subject to an on-the-spot sanction(s) in accordance with N.J.A.C. 10A:4-7. (b) As provided in N.J.S.A. 2C:47-10(d), any person…

The provisions of this subchapter shall not preclude the Administrator or designee from prohibiting an inmate(s) at the A.D.T.C. to receive, possess, distribute, or display any material which is not sexually oriented material if the Administrator or designee, in consultation with…

(a) The purpose of this chapter is to set forth provisions for:1. Disseminating information to the public; and 2. Photographing, interviewing, recording, filming and/or videotaping inmates for public dissemination by the news media. Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:19-1.1 Amended by …

Notes N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:19-1.2 Reserved by 54 N.J.R. 2145(a), effective 11/21/2022

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. "Freelancer" means an individual who is not under contract with a news service or publication and whose writings and/or services regarding …