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1.1	1	Washington County Sheriff's Office
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	3	CORRECTIONS DIVISION
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	5	Policy Manual
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	8	Volume: CH
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	10	Services and Programs
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	12	Chapter: 04
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	14	Inmate Mail
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	16
	17	Replaces and/or Supersedes:
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	19	PH 01, PH 02, PH 03, PH 04, PH 09, PH 11, PH 20, OD-05-004-A, 11/10/2014
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	21	Published:
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	23	08/31/2015
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	25	Date Reviewed:
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5.1	27	12/01/2021
1.1	28
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	30	Sheriff Cory C. Pulsipher
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	32	Chief Deputy Jake Schultz
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	35	__TABLE OF CONTENTS__
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	37	CH 04_101 Definitions
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	39	CH 04_102 References
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	41	CH 04_103 General
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	43	CH 04_104 Addressing Mail
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	45	CH 04_105 Legal Mail
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	47	CH 04_106 Delivery Schedule
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	49	CH 04_107 Outside Correspondence
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	51	CH 04_108 Screening and Reading Mail
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	53	CH 04_109 Rejecting Mail
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	55	CH 04_110 Sexually Oriented Publications or Material
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	57	CH 04_111 Inflammatory Publications or Material
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	59	CH 04_112 Publisher-Only Rule
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	61	CH 04_113 Education and Religious Courses
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1.2	63	CH 04_114 Professional Mail
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1.2	65	CH 04_115 Volume of Letters
1.1	66
1.2	67	CH 04_116 Personal Mail
1.1	68
1.2	69	CH 04_117 Packages
1.1	70
1.2	71	CH 04_118 Postal Supplies
1.1	72
1.2	73	CH 04_119 Cash and Other Negotiable Instruments
1.1	74
1.2	75	CH 04_120 Media Correspondence
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3.1	77	CH 04_121 Electronic Communication
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	79
	80	CH 04_101 __DEFINITIONS__
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	82	1. WCSO: Washington County Sheriff's Office
	83	1. PCF: Purgatory Correctional Facility
	84	1. USPS: United States Postal Service
4.1	85	1. Sexually Explicit: Actual, simulated, or depicted conduct including sexual intercourse (including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, oral-anal), bestiality, masturbation, sadistic or masochistic abuse, or lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of any person or animal. Any depiction where the viewer can observe any part of the genitals or pubic area of any depicted person or the breasts of any depicted female person.
1.1	86
	87	CH 04_102 __REFERENCES__
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	89	1. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Standards:
	90	11. 26.
	91	1. Utah Counties Insurance Pool:
	92	11. ML-V.A.6.
	93	1. Utah Sheriffs' Association Jail Standards:
	94	11. E01.01.01: Written Inmate Personal Mail Policies and Procedures Required
	95	11. E01.02.01: Function of Mail Regulations
	96	11. E01.02.02: Delivery Schedule
	97	11. E01.02.03: Volume of Letters
	98	11. E01.02.04: Length or Size of Letters
	99	11. E01.02.05: Providing Writing Supplies and Postage
	100	11. E01.02.06: Outside Correspondents
	101	11. E01.02.07: Screening and Reading Mail
	102	11. E01.02.08: Sexually Oriented Publications or Material
	103	11. E01.02.09: Inflammatory and Gang-Related Publications or Material
	104	11. E01.02.10: Rejecting Incoming Publications: Content Neutral
	105	11. E01.02.11: Rejecting Publications: All or Nothing Rule
	106	11. E01.02.12: Corresponding with Media
	107	11. E01.03.01: Opening and Inspecting Mail
	108	11. E01.03.02: Reading Mail
	109	11. E01.03.03: Process for Rejecting Mail
	110	11. E01.04.01: Publisher Only Rule
	111	11. E01.04.02: Packages
	112	11. E 01.04.03: Cash, Money Orders, Checks, and Other Negotiable Instruments
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1.2	114	CH 04_103 __GENERAL__
1.1	115
	116	1. Policy:
	117	11. PCF shall have a mail system which:
	118	111. Permits inmates to send and receive legal and personal mail;
	119	111. Allows inmates to receive approved publications; and
	120	111. Functions consistent with the legitimate safety, security, and other legitimate interests of the jail.
	121	1. Rationale:
	122	11. Mail is an important means of assisting inmates to maintain family and community ties while incarcerated. Unfortunately, inmates may abuse the mail system to attempt to introduce contraband, conspire to violate the law or jail security, or otherwise frustrate the legitimate interests of the jail. Therefore, mail must be regulated and handled in a manner which does not compromise jail interests of safety, security, order, and treatment.
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	124	CH 04_104 __ADDRESSING MAIL__
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	126	1. Policy
	127	11. Inmates' incoming mail shall be addressed with the following clearly printed on the card, publication or front of the envelope:
	128	111. First and last name of the addressee;
	129	111. At least first initial and last name of sender; and
	130	111. Sender's complete address
	131	11. Inmates' outgoing mail shall be addressed with the following clearly printed on the card, publication, or front of the envelope:
	132	111. Inmate's first and last name;
	133	111. Inmate's name number;
	134	111. PCF's name;
	135	111. The return address; and
	136	111. Receiver's complete address.
	137	1. Rationale
	138	11. Mail clearly addressed to the individual inmate is necessary to maintain the order and efficiency of the mail system at the facility.
	139
	140	CH 04_105 __LEGAL MAIL__
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	142	1. Policy:
3.1	143	11. Inmates may access legal counsel via standard mail (USPS).
1.1	144	11. Legal mail shall not be denied or restricted.
	145	11. Inmates may purchase additional paper, envelopes, and postage from the PCF commissary for legal correspondence purposes.
4.1	146	11. Legal mail includes mail-in communication with legal counsel to or from inmates.
1.1	147	11. Legal mail shall be identified by the sender by writing “legal” on the outside of the envelope to notify PCF staff that the contents contain material that is entitled to legal mail privileges.
	148	11. Legal mail shall display the name and address of the sender on the outside of the envelope.
	149	11. Legal mail may be verified for authenticity and checked for contraband. Legal mail shall be opened by PCF staff in the presence of the inmate sending or receiving it, except when contamination is suspected.
4.1	150	11. Legal mail shall be scanned, sealed, and initialed by a deputy in the inmate's presence. The deputy will then deliver the mail to the Mail Room for processing.
	151	11. Legal mail shall not be read. A cursory scan of the documents to verify the legal nature thereof is permitted.
1.1	152	11. Delivery of legal mail shall be documented in the jail computer system.
	153	11. Abuse of legal mail privileges shall be documented in the jail computer system and disciplinary actions shall be enforced.
	154	1. Rationale:
	155	11. Access to courts and legal counsel is a fundamental constitutional right.
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	157	CH 04_106 __DELIVERY SCHEDULE__
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	159	1. Policy:
	160	11. Incoming mail shall be delivered Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.
	161	11. Incoming mail should be delivered to inmates within 24 hours of the mail being received by the jail, excluding weekends and holidays.
	162	11. Outgoing mail should be mailed out the day it is received from the inmate, except mail which is:
	163	111. Received after the close of business day, which shall be posted the following working day;
	164	111. Received on weekends or holidays, which shall be posted the following working day;
	165	111. Held for translation, which shall be posted within two working days; or
	166	111. Held for violation of law or jail regulation. Mail may be held or restricted for disciplinary reasons due to specific mail-related violations. Such violations must be documented and referred to a Disciplinary Hearing Officer (reference policy: [[CG 07 Punitive Discipline>>doc:Policy.Corrections.CG 07 Punitive Discipline.WebHome]]).
	167	1. Rationale:
	168	11. Restrictions or limitations on inmate access to mail are justified if they are reasonable and further a legitimate governmental interest.
	169	11. Delaying mail unnecessarily or failing to staff the mail function sufficiently to avoid unreasonable delay may result in a civil rights claim.
	170	11. The courts have not established clearly that any delay in mail is automatically a constitutional violation.
	171	11. Weekend delivery of mail has not been required by the courts.
	172	11. Delays or temporarily withdrawing mail as a punishment for a disciplinary violation serves a legitimate penological interest by making disciplinary punishment less comfortable.
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	174	CH 04_107 __OUTSIDE CORRESPONDENTS__
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	176	1. Policy:
	177	11. Inmates are responsible for informing their friends, family or other correspondence of PCF's mail rules and regulations. Inmates shall be permitted to correspond with whomever they wish outside the jail, except that the jail may prohibit:
	178	111. Written correspondence with inmates in other correctional facilities; and
	179	111. Written correspondence which jail officials reasonably believe would jeopardize the safety, security, order, discipline, or treatment interests of the jail.
	180	111. Inmates' outgoing personal mail shall be mailed on a postcard (as described in CH 04_113), or in an envelope for legal, professional or specially approved purposes, with the following clearly printed on the front:
	181	1111. Inmate's first and last name;
	182	1111. Inmate's name number;
	183	1111. PCF's name;
	184	1111. The return address; and
	185	1111. Receiver's complete address.
	186	1. Rationale:
4.1	187	11. The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld policies that prohibit written inmate-to-inmate correspondence and other written correspondence which would jeopardize the legitimate penological interests of the jail.
1.1	188
	189	CH 04_108 __SCREENING AND READING MAIL__
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	191	1. Policy:
	192	11. Incoming mail shall be opened and inspected by PCF staff for contraband or prohibited content prior to delivery to inmates.
	193	11. Outgoing mail may be opened and inspected for contraband after receiving from the inmate and prior to being sent out of the facility.
	194	11. Electronic inmate mail shall be inspected for prohibited content.
	195	11. Mail may be opened and inspected during cell or area searches, if the mail is in the cell or area being searched.
	196	11. Jail officials may screen, read, and, if necessary, refuse to deliver personal letters, publications, and other non-privileged mail. However, the objective underlying the screening policies, procedures, and, regulations shall:
	197	111. Further legitimate penological interests;
	198	111. Be rationally related to those objectives; and
4.1	199	111. Be content-neutral, except as otherwise set forth in policy.
1.1	200	11. If publications or other personal communications are rejected on the basis of content, the entire publication should be rejected rather than removing the offending pages, passages, or words.
	201	1. Rationale:
4.1	202	11. Correspondence between inmates and the free world provides a means of introducing contraband into the jail and planning actions that would jeopardize jail security, safety, order, and other legitimate interests. Opening and inspecting mail assists in the interdiction of contraband. The U.S. Supreme Court has recognized the need to open and inspect mail to protect security and other interests. Failure to inspect incoming or outgoing mail has the potential of reducing jail security, increasing risk of harm to staff members and other inmates, and impeding mission accomplishment.
1.1	203	11. The U.S. Supreme Court, in Turner v. Safley, set reasonableness as the standard for reviewing inmate mail. The court identified several factors that are relevant to, and that serve to channel, the reasonableness inquiry.
4.1	204	11. The U.S. Supreme Court has determined that if a publication contains portions that should be rejected, the entire publication should be refused rather than simply tearing out the offending material.
1.1	205
	206	CH 04_109 __REJECTING MAIL__
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	208	1. Policy:
	209	11. If any publication or other mail is rejected, the rejection shall be documented in the jail computer system and the sender, if known, and the addressee shall be notified in writing of the:
	210	111. Rejection of the correspondence;
	211	111. Reasons that the correspondence was rejected; and
	212	111. Process for informally appealing the rejection to the Corrections Chief Deputy.
	213	11. Reasons that incoming and outgoing mail may be rejected include, but are not limited to:
	214	111. Material depicting activities that present a significant risk of physical violence or group disruption, for example, material dealing with the subjects of self-defense or survival, weaponry, armaments, explosives, or incendiary devices;
	215	111. Information regarding escape plots, plans to commit illegal activities or to violate PCF rules or facility guidelines;
	216	111. Information regarding the production of drugs or alcohol;
	217	111. Sexually explicit material, as defined in this policy;
	218	111. Threats, extortion, obscenity, or gratuitous profanity;
	219	111. Cryptographies or other codes that may be used as a form of communication;
2.1	220	111. Mail with postcard markings or information other than the return address and the recipient's address;
1.1	221	111. Correspondence to or from another inmate;
	222	111. No return address;
	223	111. Use of PCF forms, other than as intended;
	224	111. Photographs exceeding 5X7 inches;
4.1	225	111. Polaroid-style photographs;
1.1	226	111. Stickers, tape, glitter, glue, fragrances, paint, crayons, markers or other unknown substances;
	227	111. “Bill me later” correspondence;
	228	111. Personal mail that has not been pre-approved or is not on a postcard as designated in CH 04_115;
	229	111. Defaced or altered postcards;
	230	111. Plastic or wrappings on postcards;
	231	111. Oversized or undersized postcard; Catalog requests (catalogs for authorized purchases will be maintained by the Programming Unit and are available for inmate use);
	232	111. Other contraband. A package received without the Corrections Chief Deputy’s prior authorization is considered contraband; and
	233	111. Correspondence in anyway used to circumvent the requirements or prohibitions of this policy, including correspondence posing as mail from a category other than its true classification.
	234	1. Rationale:
4.1	235	11. The person with whom the inmate is corresponding may not be familiar with the jail's mail regulations, and thus, would be unaware that he/she was in violation of the regulations. The sender, even if aware of the regulations, may wish to argue that the correspondence did not create a violation. The sender has a right to expect delivery of mail to the inmate to whom it is addressed unless the mail violates the law or is contrary to a jail rule which has a valid, rational connection to a legitimate penological interest. The inmate is also entitled to know if, and why, a piece of mail was rejected.
1.1	236
	237	CH 04_110 __SEXUALLY ORIENTED PUBLICATIONS OR MATERIAL__
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	239	1. Policy:
	240	11. Sexually oriented publications or other materials may be rejected if the content would or could:
	241	111. Violate state obscenity laws;
	242	111. Pose a threat to the security, good order, or discipline of the jail, or would facilitate criminal activity;
	243	111. Exacerbate tensions and lead indirectly to disorder, even if they did not lead directly to violence;
	244	111. Encourage or support a tendency to objectify other persons;
	245	111. Undermine treatment goals; or
	246	111. Create a hostile work environment for staff or other inmates.
	247	11. Sexually explicit material, as defined in this policy, shall not be permitted.
	248	1. Rationale:
	249	11. State law makes it unlawful to distribute pornographic material.
	250	11. While the First Amendment generally protects access to sexually oriented materials which do not otherwise violate valid federal or state obscenity laws (e.g., child pornography), the legitimate penological interests of corrections management justify greater restriction of access to such material. Admission of publications may lead directly to violence or exacerbate tensions and lead indirectly to disorder. Sexually explicit materials may hamper treatment efforts among the sex-offender population. Thus, it is necessary to restrict the introduction and inmate possession of sexually oriented materials.
	251	11. Sexually explicit materials if viewed by other inmates or staff members may be offensive to such persons; thus, creating a hostile work environment.
	252
	253	CH 04_111 __INFLAMMATORY PUBLICATIONS OR MATERIAL__
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	255	1. Policy:
	256	11. Inflammatory publications or other materials may be rejected if:
	257	111. They would violate state law;
	258	111. By their nature or content they would pose a threat to the security, good order, or discipline of the jail, or would facilitate criminal activity; or
	259	111. They would exacerbate tensions and lead indirectly to disorder, even if they did not lead directly to violence.
	260	1. Rationale:
	261	11. The U.S. Supreme Court, in Turner v. Safley, set reasonableness as the standard for reviewing inmate mail. The court identified several factors that are relevant to, and that serve to channel, the reasonableness inquiry.
	262
	263	CH 04_112 __PUBLISHER-ONLY RULE__
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	265	1. Policy:
4.1	266	11. Books, magazines, newspapers, and other commercially produced material (e.g., crossword puzzles) procured from outside the jail must be received directly from the publisher, or authorized national-level distributor (e.g., Amazon.com). A list of current authorized distributors shall be maintained by the PCF Mail Room.
	267	11. Photocopies, clips, or portions of books, magazines, newspapers, or other copyright-protected material shall not be permitted to circumvent the publisher-only rule and shall not be accepted.
1.1	268	1. Rationale:
	269	11. A publisher-only rule is permitted by the U.S. Supreme Court.
	270
	271	CH 04_113 __EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS COURSES__
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	273	1. Policy:
	274	11. Educational or religious courses and its accompanying mail must be approved through the Programming Department.
	275	11. Upon approval any course correspondence material will be mailed out through the Programming Department.
	276	11. The Programming Department will pay postage for the course materials being sent out of the facility.
	277	1. Rational:
	278	11. Educational or religious correspondences can play a significant role in the rehabilitation process.
	279
	280	CH 04_114 __PROFESSIONAL MAIL__
	281
	282	1. Policy:
5.1	283	11. Professional mail includes, but is not limited to, correspondence with;
	284	111. Financial institutions;
	285	111. Medical providers; and
	286	111. Courts and other government agencies.
	287	11. Inmates may send and receive professional mail.
	288	11. Envelopes stamped “Professional Mail” may be obtained through Commissary.
1.1	289	1. Rationale:
	290	11. Professional correspondences may require the inclusion of additional forms, documents or otherwise lengthy materials.
4.1	291	11. Professional correspondence directly from a professional institution does not pose the same security risks associated with professional correspondence from a third party or personal correspondence.
1.1	292
	293	CH 04_115 __VOLUME OF LETTERS__
	294
	295	1. Policy:
	296	11. Inmates shall not be limited as to the number of letters they may send or receive, unless the volume is so great that it results in an unreasonable hardship on mail handling staff.
	297	11. If inmates choose to store their mail, they should store it at their assigned housing location. Inmates should not be granted long-term storage for their mail in the Property Room. Short-term (30 days or less) storage in the Property Room may be granted at the discretion of the Property Room staff.
	298	11. Inmates shall not be allowed to store mail at their housing location exceeding a single six-inch stack.
	299	11. Inmates should be notified of any mail limits or restrictions.
	300	1. Rationale:
4.1	301	11. Mail is an important inmate link to the family members and friends and should be restricted only in furtherance of legitimate penological interests. Where an inmate receives mail in such volume that it cannot be handled without substantially burdening existing mailroom resources, limits on the number of pieces of mail that will be processed each day may be imposed. The U.S. Supreme Court has recognized that corrections facilities have finite resources for handling mail.
1.1	302	11. Limits may be imposed on the volume of letters and other materials which may be stored in housing units. Excessive supplies of mail storage, especially in housing units, increase fire hazard risks (fuel load) and significantly increase search time for staff during contraband searches.
	303
	304	CH 04_116 __PERSONAL MAIL__
	305
	306	1. Policy:
	307	11. Personal mail is any mail not otherwise described in this policy.
	308	11. Inmates' incoming personal mail must be received on an approved postcard.
	309	11. Inmate's outgoing personal mail shall be mailed on an approved postcard.
	310	11. Postcard size requirements:
	311	111. Minimum size requirements are 3.5 inches by 5 inches.
	312	111. Maximum size requirements are 6 inches by 11.5 inches.
	313	111. Authorized postcards may be purchased from the PCF commissary.
	314	11. Inmates should not be limited as to the number of outgoing postcards, except that the inmate must be able to afford additional postage, as required.
	315	11. Special Circumstance Personal Mail may be sent out, or received by an inmate via envelopes.
3.1	316	111. Special Circumstance Personal Mail must be approved by the Support Services Lieutenant via a request through the Telmate system. Each request will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
1.1	317	111. Upon approval, “Special Circumstance” envelopes may be purchased through the PCF commissary and sent out.
	318	111. Approvals for a “Special Circumstance” envelope, at a minimum, must have a legitimate special circumstance (e.g. individuals living in a foreign country, individuals who do not have access, or cannot otherwise use the kiosk system).
4.1	319	11. Photographs that are not Polaroid-style may be mailed to the inmate provided the envelope is clearly marked “Photographs” and does not contain any type of written correspondence. The photographs must not exceed 5 inches by 7 inches in size. The inmate's name and name number must be written on the back of each photograph.
1.1	320	1. Rationale:
	321	11. Requiring personal mail to be on postcards reduces the risk of introduction of contraband, improves the efficiency of mailroom operations, and reduces the risk of security breaches.
	322	11. The security, safety, and efficiency management of correctional facilities are legitimate penological interests.
	323
	324	CH 04_117 __PACKAGES__
	325
	326	1. Policy:
	327	11. Packages and padded envelopes shall be returned to the sender at the inmate's expense.
3.1	328	11. Under special circumstances, a package or padded envelope may be received but must be pre-approved by the Corrections Chief Deputy.
1.1	329	1. Rational:
	330	11. Allowing inmates to receive packages creates the potential for serious security violations and other problems.
4.1	331	11. Incoming packages overly burden mailroom staff. The inspection process necessary to search for contraband involves a substantial and inordinate amount of available staff time. Packages and the items inside the packages provide a myriad of possibilities for disguising and hiding contraband.
1.1	332	11. The additional property from packages which accumulates in the cells would:
	333	111. Increase the risk of theft, gambling, and inmate conflicts;
	334	111. Increase the clutter, storage problems, and fire hazard (fuel load) inside cells;
4.1	335	111. If an excess of property has to be stored outside the cell, exceed or tax the storage space available; and
1.1	336	111. Result in sanitation problems (especially if food, other perishables, or unclean items are included in packages).
	337
	338	CH 04_118 __POSTAL SUPPLIES__
	339
	340	1. Policy:
	341	11. Pre-paid postcards shall be made available for purchase by inmates for writing personal letters.
	342	11. Inmates shall only be allowed to obtain postal supplies through PCF. Postal supplies sent in from family, friends, attorneys (blank postal supplies are not considered legal material), or other persons not incarcerated in PCF shall be refused.
4.1	343	11. Indigent supplies for personal mail may be limited to three postage-paid postcards and one pencil per week per inmate. Indigent inmates may also request to receive three sheets of paper, and one postage-paid envelope for legal mail or professional mail. Inmates shall be required to request indigent supplies through the Commissary Unit (reference policy: [[CH 08 Commissary>>CH 08 Commissary]]).
1.1	344	1. Rationale:
	345	11. The jail should provide the means for purchasing writing supplies and postage through controlled means. However, officials should not permit such items to be received by inmates directly from family members, friends, or other associates because allowing supplies to be received directly from family, friends, or other associates substantially increases the likelihood that those with whom inmates exchange mail will introduce or attempt to introduce contraband through the mail.
4.1	346	11. Some accommodations should be made to provide a limited amount of postal supplies for indigent inmates. However, the requirement to provide free postage is not a clearly established right for personal mail.
1.1	347	11. Stamps can be used as a monetary unit for gambling, paying illicit debts, etc. Therefore, jails are justified in refusing to allow inmates to possess stamps. Stamping or printing the name and address of the jail on envelopes sold to inmates makes it more difficult for inmates to use the mail to operate scams or other illicit activities from the jail. The federal courts have upheld the practice as constitutional.
	348
	349	CH 04_119 __CASH AND OTHER NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS__
	350
	351	1. Policy:
	352	11. Cash, money orders, checks, and other negotiable instruments shall not be delivered to inmates.
	353	11. Cash, money orders, and cashiers checks shall not be accepted and shall not be credited to inmates' accounts. All negotiable instruments should be returned to the sender.
	354	1. Rationale:
	355	11. PCF's current online inmate accounting contract prohibits the acceptance of negotiable instruments via mail.
	356	11. Cash in the possession of inmates creates a greater risk of theft, gambling, and other problems related to security and order than maintaining inmates' money in accounts controlled by the jail.
	357	11. Policies prohibiting inmates from carrying cash have been affirmed by courts against constitutional challenge.
	358
	359	CH 04_120 __MEDIA CORRESPONDENCE__
	360
	361	1. Policy:
3.1	362	11. Inmates may correspond with the news media. Representatives of the news media may initiate correspondence with an inmate. However, news media correspondence shall not be protected or treated as legal or professional mail. The personal mail requirements set forth in CH 04_115 are applicable to correspondence with the media.
1.1	363	11. An inmate may not receive compensation or anything of value for correspondence with the news media, including, but not limited to, publishing under a byline.
	364	11. An inmate may not act as a reporter.
	365	1. Rationale:
	366	11. Inmates are not permitted to operate a business while incarcerated at PCF.
	367
3.1	368	CH 04_121 __ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION__
1.1	369
	370	1. Policy:
4.1	371	11. When timely communication through the mail is not possible, the Corrections Chief Deputy or designee may allow for a reasonable amount of communication by means of electronic device (e.g. Fax or Scan to email) between an inmate and designated legal counsel.
1.1	372	1. Rationale:
3.1	373	11. Inmates are not entitled to Electronic communication.