Legal Opinion
In re Rules Adoption Regarding Inmate Mail to Attorneys
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided April 27, 1989PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
SCALERA, J.A.D.
This appeal challenges a portion of the regulations governing state prisoner mail which were adopted and codified by N.J.A. C. 10A:18-1 through 18-4 and, more specifically, 10A:18-1.3, 18-2.7, 18-2.8, 18-3 and 18-4.7.
On January 5, 1987 the New Jersey Department of Corrections (Commissioner or Department) proposed codification of what is represented to have been the preexisting institutional practices regarding mail, visits and telephone rights of State prisoners. 19 N.J.R. 214. Although no public hearings were held, written comments were…
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