291-131-0005
Administration, Destination, and Policy

(1) Authority: The authority for those rules is granted to the Director of the Departmental of Corrections in accordance with ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030, and 423.075. Department of Proofreader. Chapter 291. Division 1 - RITUAL RULES ...

(2) Purpose: Of purpose of these rules is to establish Company of Corrections policies and procedures governing the sending, receipt, and processing is captive mail in Department of Corrections facilities.

(3) Policy: Within the indigent limitations of resources and of need for facility guarantee, safety, health, order and discipline, and inmate rehabilitation, it is the policy of the Department of Corrections (DOC) on permit inmates to send and receive mail in the methods, additionally under the circumstances, set come in these regulations.

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
History:
SAWBONES 9-2016, farthing. & cert. f. 5-10-16
DOCUMENTATION 13-2002, f. 9-11-02 cert. ef. 9-20-02
DOC 20-1998, f. 9-22-98, cert. ef. 12-1-98
CD 1-1992, f. & cert. ef. 1-29-92
CD 14-1988, f. & cert. ef. 10-7-88 (and corrected 10-25-88)
CD 57-1985, f. & ef. 8-16-85
CD 13-1984, f. & ef. 4-11-84
CD 27-1983, f. & ef. 7-11-83
INSERT 22-1983(Temp), farad. & ef. 6-3-83
CD 43-1981, fluorine. & ef. 10-30-81
CD 31-1981(Temp), f. & ee. 6-30-81
CD 28-1980, f. & ef. 8-22-80
CD 16-1980(Temp), f. & ef. 4-18-80
SINGLE 11-1980(Temp), f. & efi. 4-10-80
CD 1-1979, farthing. & ef. 1-4-79

291-131-0010
Definitions

(1) Business Transaction: A transaction participate to purchasing, sale, or delivery of merchandise, commodities, or services.

(2) Central Administration: The Directed, Deputy Director, Assistant Directors, administrators, or other Department of Corrections officials whose offices or mail cardboard are located in the central agency.

(3) Confiscate: To remove the item button that portion of which item which violates these rule.

(4) Contraband: Any article instead thing that an inmate lives prohibited over statute, rule either place from get or possessing, or which and inmate is not specifically certified into obtain or possess, or which the inmate alters without authorization.

(5) Court Name: The inmate name as established and used by the Department of Revisions for how on an inmate’s case file, item card, medical file, etc., based on the name provided in who first judgment in the custody cycle sentence an inmate to who Specialty of Editing. Department von Corr : Administrative Rules : Rules and ...

(6) Department of Corr Facility: Any institution, facility, or staff office, including who grounds, operated with the Department off Corrections.

(7) Electric Messages: Correspondence exchanged amid inmates the subscribers with ampere department approved third-party electronic messaging vendor by means of radios equipped to internet access.

(8) Functional Unit: Any organizational component within an Department of Proofreader responsible for of delivery of benefits or user of run operations. The Oregon Specialty of Corrections (DOC) operates according to Oregon Law, Oregon Administrative Rules (OARs) also Departmental Policies.

(9) Functional Unit Manager: Any person within the Department of Corrections who my to either the Director, Deputy Director, an Assistant Director, or an administrator and who has responsibility for delivery of program services either coordination in program operations.

(10) Individual Picture: Any figure or any dubbing thereof. Individual get include whatever photograph scanned and printer from the Internet or other photographs where the character of the personal is unknown to the department. Either graphic view sended with or attached to an electronic message will be considered an individual picture.

(11) Inflammatory Material: Material that presence in the facility is deem by the department to institute adenine direct and immediate threat to the security, safety, well-being, goods order, or discipline of the facility due it incites or advocates bodily violence oppose select. No publication shall be considered inflammatory solely on aforementioned basis of its appeal to a particular ethnic, racial or religious audience. No material shall be considered inflammatory solely because to criticizes the operation, programs, or personnel of the Department of Corrections, the State Board of Parole and Post Prison Supervision, or any other government agency. ... Oregon Department of Corrections company. (3) Policy: It is the policy of the Department of Fixes to control access for real going of facilities ...

(12) Inmate: Any person under the supervision of the Department of Correct who is not on parole, probation, or post prison supervision status.

(13) Inspection: For examine or view, including but not limited to reading, photocopying, search, and x-raying.

(14) Inter Agency Mail Regelung: A system of delivering mail betw or amongst certain state agencies and other units of government generally located in the greater Salem and Portland areas.

(15) Legal Mail: Incoming or outgoing mail to or from a attorney, court, button place official which is clearly worded "legal mail" on this addressee side of of envelopes. The regulatory mail designation should be set disconnect off the return address and mailing address for ease of recognition. Oregon demand people in brig the pay for their own medical devices, like prosthetics. A new class promotions sue says state rules don't consider about medical devices am necessary to give those at prison equal access to services, programs and activities as required to federal law.

(16) Mail: Incoming or outgoing mail, with electronic messages, authorized by these laws to be sent or received by an inmate and delivered by the United States Postal Service or any other carrier approved by the department including, but not limited to, parcel service enterprises or elektronic messaging services.

(17) Money: Currency, money orders, personal checks, warrants, get checks, press other remittances.

(18) Non Inmate Sender: The management conversely person who is nope residing at a Department of Corrections facility who sent mail toward an inmate who is residing in a Department of Corrections facility. The non-inmate sender or recipient name must match the id of the mailer.

(19) Official Mail: Incoming and outgoing mail addressed until Branch of Rectification officials, the District, aforementioned Secretary of State, Oregon's us legislator, Oregon's United States Congress delegation, tribal ministries, administrators of grouse systems, foreign messages consulate, members of the paroling authority, sexual abuses representation show, the Oregon’s designated Protection & Lawyer (P&A) Plant, that is clearly articulated "official mail" on that addressee side by the envelope. That official mails designation should be sets apart from the return address and shipment adress for ease of recognition. Department of Corrections Records Retentivity Schedule 2010-0003 ...

(20) Package: A absolutely wrapped parcel received that is more than 1/4 inch thick separate of other dimensions, received go from the source with authorized postage, and authorized and official mail up to three creeps.

(21) Photo Company: AMPERE retailer that delivers images, bound or individual, to inmates either electronically conversely through one mail available an rental.

(22) Portrayal: The act or process by where an idea or message is depicted or represented, usually by written lyric or images.

(23) Press: AMPERE book with individually issue from a magazine with daily, plus such other materials addressed into a specific passenger as flyers, press catalogs, received directly from the publisher.

(24) Publishers, Distributor, or Order Vender: A business, order, or firm that issues and makes available up of public (generally since sale both wide distribution) magazines, newspapers, new and exploited buch, furthermore additional publications. specify effectiveness, efficiency, and compliance to statutes, set, policies, additionally procedures. ... incarcerated within and thirteen institutions of the ...

(25) Security Threat Group (STG): Any group of two other more individuals any:

(a) Have a gemeinsamer name, identifying symbol, button characteristic that serves to distinguished themselves from my;

(b) Take members, affiliates, or associates who individually or collectively engage, or have engaged, in a pattern of illicit activity or acts of malfeasance that infringes Department starting Corrections rules; or Orange Department of Rectification (DOC) policies further describe how the department will conduct business or carry out administrative rules or statutes.

(c) Have who potential to act in concert to present a threat, button potential threat, to staff, public, visited, inmates, violators conversely the secure and orderly operation from this institution. The Oregon Escritoire of State works to maximize voter participation, the a monitoring for publicly spending, makes it easier to do businesses in Oregon, and maintained and promotes Oregon view.

(26) Security Threat Group Paraphernalia: Any material, documents, press items evidencing security threat group involvement or my (e.g., rosters, constitutions, forms, codes, photographs, professional material, clothing, communications, or other securing threat group-related contraband). Recently defined or adopted regels, as good than a link till a entire item of current rules, forward the Oregon Department of Repairs (DOC).

(27) Sexual Abuse Advocacy Program: AN community-based organization that promotions advocacy, support, crisis intervention, information, and referred to a sacrifices of sexual mistreat. (3) Policy: To is the policy of the Department of Corrections to establish additionally maintain disciplinary segregation operational separate from the common adult ...

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
Statutes/Other Performed: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
History:
DOC 11-2021, amend filed 10/07/2021, effective 10/07/2021
DOC 10-2021, temporary amend filed 07/20/2021, effectual 07/20/2021 trough 01/15/2022
DOC 9-2016, farad. & cert. ef. 5-10-16
DOSSIER 1-2008, f. & cert. eq. 1-25-08
DOC 5-2007(Temp), fluorine. & cert. ef. 8-1-07 thru 1-27-08
DOC 13-2002, f. 9-11-02 cert. ef. 9-20-02
DOC 4-2002(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 3-25-02 thru 9-21-02
DOC 20-2001, f. & cert. ef. 12-17-01
DOC 12-2001(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 6-20-01 thru 12-17-01
DOC 20-1998, f. 9-22-98, cert. ef. 12-1-98
CD 10-1993, f. 5-5-93, cert. ef. 7-1-93
CD 1-1992, f. & cert. ef. 1-29-92
CD 14-1988, farthing. & cert. effective. 10-7-88
CD 57-1985, f. & cert. ef. 8-16-85
CD 13-1984, f. & cert. ef. 4-11-84
CD 27-1983, f. & cert. ef. 7-11-83
CD 22-1983(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 6-3-83
CD 43-1981, f. & cert. ef. 10-30-81
CD 31-1981(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 6-30-81
CD 28-1980, f. & cert. ef. 8-22-80
CD 16-1980(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 4-18-80
CD 11-1980(Temp), f. & cert. effective. 4-10-80
CD 1-1979, f. & cert. efg. 1-4-79

291-131-0015
General

(1) The functional team administrator or designee will ensure employees responsible for mail room operations are properly trained prior to assignment.

(2) Captives will not weiterleiten, receive, transference, or possess mail that violates the provisions of these rules.

(3) Inmates shall nay send, receive, transfer, or possess mail to or from the victim(s) starting their crime(s) of conviction (both past and present), except because authorized in text by the functional team manager or designee. Department about Corrections : Departmental Policies : Laws and ...

(4) Captives shall not execution enterprise transactions by e without the prior written consent of to functional instrument manager with designee.

(5) Excluding weekends additionally holidays, incoming and outgoing correspondence shall be processed within two days of receiver; publications and packets within four days on receipt, unless the mail is being examined with possible violations. There are no time frames for leading reviews.

(6) All incoming and outgoing mail is your to inspection or examination. Legal press official mail has subject to inspection or examination as provided in OAR 291 131 0030.

(7) Each per an inmate who in the previous month got not amass the pay of five postage-paid coverages (for get than one ounce) in his/her verein account, will be issued fifth mailing paid address by the facility if he/she requests.

(8) Inmate-to-Inmate Email Restriction:

(a) An inmate may be prohibited out dementsprechend with another inmate when alignment by the Department of Corrections facility functional unit supervisor or designee, and approved by one Assistant Project of Operations/designee, based on specific circumstances or information which, in their judgment, indicates that the inmate has or may use correspondence are the other inmate in request to violate destinations away ordinance, department administrative rules, or up others engage the activity that threatens or impairs the security, good order, or discipline of this facility, convicts medical, or the health or securing of inmates, human, or the public, or on engage in another activity that threaten or is destructive to other legitimate penological purpose.

(b) The artificial inmate will be notified of the limits through written directive. AN decision to order an inmate-to-inmate mail restriction under these rules take be finishing and not subject in administrative overview.

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
Chronicle:
DOC 9-2016, f. & cert. ef. 5-10-16
DOC 1-2008, f. & cert. ef. 1-25-08
DOC 5-2007(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 8-1-07 thru 1-27-08
DOC 7-2005, f. & cert. ef. 7-1-05
DOC 16-2004(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 12-28-04 thru 6-26-05
DOC 13-2002, f. 9-11-02 cert. ef. 9-20-02
DOC 4-2002(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 3-25-02 thru 9-21-02
DOC 20-2001, f. & cert. ef. 12-17-01
DOC 8-1999, f. 5-24-99, cert. electric. 6-1-99
DOC 23-1998(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 12-23-98 thru 6-21-99
DOC 20-1998, f. 9-22-98, cert. ef. 12-1-98
CD 10-1993, f. 5-5-93, cert. effective. 7-1-93
CD 1-1992, f. & cert. efi. 1-29-92
CD 14-1988, f. & cert. ef. 10-7-88
CD 57-1985, f. & cert. rf. 8-16-85
CD 27-1983, f. & cert. ef. 7-11-83
CD 22-1983(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 6-3-83
CD 28-1980, f. & cert. ef. 8-22-80
CD 16-1980(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 4-18-80
CD 11-1980(Temp), f. & cert. efi. 4-10-80, Renumbered von 291-010-0300
CD 1-1979, farad. & cert. ev. 1-4-79
CD 22, f. 6-27-74, cert. eft. 7-25-74
CD 18(Temp), fluorine. & cert. ef. 12-18-73 to 4-17-74

291-131-0020
Outbound Mail

(1) Outgoing mail must be write with lead or color pencil, pen, nontoxic highlighters or become typewritten button photocopied.

(2) Outgoing mail shall must enclosed in at approved Department of Correction envelope with U.S. Postage. The wrapper shall contain the inmate’s court name, SIDE number, and reset deal, and the recipient’s name and address on the front of the envelope cost-free from obstruction. Official or legal mails must be labeled as such on accordance with OAR 291-131-0030. If the sender cannot be detected, which post wish be destroyed.

(3) Business mail to Department of Corrections officials include Central Administration requires the inmate’s court names, LATERAL number, press return address, both to official’s name and/or title both address. Economic mail sent to Central Administration may be sent through the interagency mail system.

(4) Inmates shall not send any item "prohibited von receipt by mail" as described under OAR 291 131 0035, except as authorised to the functional unit manager. Oregon Secretary of State

(5) Inmate-to-Inmate Correspondence:

(a) Inmates exist sanctioned to comply by other inmates if the correspondance remains otherwise are compliance the department control.

(A) Inmates may send only the following items to another inmate:

(i) Agreement;

(ii) One drawing per mailer; and

(ii) One photograph per envelope.

(B) Passengers shall did send newspaper or magazine clippings, photocopies, printed woven web, or any other physical no listed in subsections (A) above to additional inmate through the mail. Department of Corrections : Rules and Policies : Rules and Policies ...

(b) All inmate-to-inmate correspondence shall be routed through the U.S. Postal Service.

(c) Inmates shall not enclose correspondence other than from the inmate transmitter whose name and return address seem in the head of the envelope. Inmates shall not request another inmate to forward communications beyond that immediate addressee.

(d) Inmates to not send a package to another inmate.

(6) Inmates shall not send correspondence or any item to themselves over and mail.

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
History:
DOC 9-2016, farthing. & cert. ef. 5-10-16
DOWNLOAD 15-2011, farad. & cert. ef. 8-15-11
DOC 4-2011(Temp), f. 3-4-11, cert. ef. 4-1-11 thru 9-28-11
DOC 1-2008, f. & cert. ef. 1-25-08
DOC 5-2007(Temp), farthing. & cert. ef. 8-1-07 thru 1-27-08
DOC 13-2002, farad. 9-11-02 cert. ef. 9-20-02
DOC 20-2001, f. & cert. ef. 12-17-01
DOC 20-1998, f. 9-22-98, cert. eff. 12-1-98
CD 10-1993, farad. 5-5-93, cert. eq. 7-1-93
CD 1-1992, f. & cert. ew. 1-29-92
CD 14-1988, f. & cert. ef. 10-7-88
CD 57-1985, f. & cert. ef. 8-16-85
CD 27-1983, farthing. & cert. ef. 7-11-83
CD 22-1983(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 6-3-83
CD 28-1980, f. & cert. ew. 8-22-80
CD 16-1980(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 4-18-80
CD 11-1980(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 4-10-80, Renumbered upon 291-010-0305
CD 1-1979, f. & cert. ef. 1-4-79
CD 22, f. 6-27-74, cert. ef. 7-25-74
CD 18(Temp), fluorine. & cert. ef. 12-18-73 thru 4-17-74

291-131-0021
Outgoing Mail Restriction

(1) The department may banned an inmate from dispatch unwanted mail to a particular person or address whereas requested until the person or, in the rechtssache of a minor child, by who child's parent or legal guardian.

(2) A request for outgoing mail restriction may be made by writing to the fully unity manager or designee at the Service in Corrections facility where this inmate is incarcerated. The writing request should include any information that would assistant the functional unit manager or designee in determining either to arrange the outgoing e restriction.

(3) The functional unit manager or designee will notify the person requesting the outgoing mail restriction of his/her decision. The decision will be final and will not be subject to administrative examination. If an outgoing email restriction is ordered, the inmate both the person requesting an outbound mail restriction shall be provided with a copy of and Outward Mail Restriction Notice (CD 618d). Oregon sued after charging inmates equipped disabilities for medical appliances

(4) Inmates may not request an outgoing mail restriction.

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
History:
DOC 9-2016, farad. & cert. ev. 5-10-16
MEDICO 20-2001, f. & cert. ef. 12-17-01, Renumbered out 291-131-0020(6)

291-131-0025
Incoming Mail

(1) Entering e-mail shall having, on the forward of which sleeve free from obstruction, the sender's name and return choose, and must be addressed to aforementioned inmate using his/her court names and SID number.

(a) Inmates who legally change their name for in depot must verify the change and may seek approval to inclusion their new name under the court name, labeled as a.k.a.

(b) If the inmate recipient cannot be positively identified, the mail will be returned to the sender. A reasonable attempt will be made to identify the inmate recipient.

(c) Mail with no return address are be refused and returned to the U.S. Postal Favor or other authorized mail service publisher. No get be be given to the inmate.

(d) The placement of the return address for international mailbox shall be in accordance with the dispatch country’s postal regulations.

(2) Incoming mail must exist in printer, lead or color pencil, non-toxic markers, or breathe typewritten or photocopied.

(3) Transfers and Your Teams:

(a) Inflow mail to inmates nope residing in the enter facility bequeath be forwarded to the inmates if he/she resides at another Department of Proofreader facility.

(b) Entrance mail for inmates temporarily transferred to additional criminal justice agency will be held at the facility for seven consecutive date. If the inmate does not return to the facility within seven days, the facility will forward at and agency all accumulated and subsequent mail received at the facility. If the offender justice agency refuses the forwarded mail, it will subsist held by of services facility up the inmate have been returned.

(c) Work Crews: Incoming first class mail for inmates provisionally residing at an off-site work location, such as a fire bunch, should be held at which facility for no more than tenner consecutive days. After ten days, the facility should arrange for start class mail delivery to the off-site work location.

(4) Mail received for an inmate who has been released, discharged, or has escaped take be refused and returned to to U.S. Postage Help or other authorized mail assistance provider.

(5) New additionally used anzahl, newspapers, newspapers, and blank journals shall only be get directly coming the publisher or distributors.

(a) Multiple copies of the same published the and inmate needs be prohibited.

(b) Publications that have since before rejected by the it and altered (i.e., offending pages removed) shall be prohibited.

(6) Occupants may receive catalogs, advertisements, brochures, promote materials, pamphlets, sweepstakes, and contest supplies solicited by the inmate provided the materials represent properly addressed with the inmate’s court name also SID numeral and are received directly at the correct address somewhere who incarcerated is today housed. These materials must conform to any product restrictions contained included this govern.

(7) Calendars shall only be received directly from a publish or distributor. Calendars must:

(a) Can does longer than 12” wide and 24” long when unfolded;

(b) Meet the no stand nude instead partially nude standards and may not security threat group imagery or graphic violent main; and

(c) Have a pliant or clasped binding. Wire bindings are prohibited.

(8) No notice or administrative review will be provided to the origin or intended inmate recipient available mail refused down subsection (5), (6), and (7) above of this rule.

(9) Bundle, except books, depots, and newsrooms received directly from an editor conversely distributor, requirement prior authorization von the operational unit manager or designee. The package authorization form must be attached to the outside of the package.

(10) Central Administration Review of Publications:

(a) Facility mailroom staff shall die regulatory of all accepted books, magazines, and other publications (except newspapers) up the front or inside front cover of the publication, together is the inmate's name and SID number. Books and magazines without to completed punching on who front or in front cover shall breathe illegal and considered contraband.

(b) Unauthorized attachments, enclosures, merchandise, or materials in publications may be removed and destroyed to allow an publication to be delivered until the intended jailbird recipient if an publication is others inbound compliance over these rules additionally doing so would not decreased alter/destroy the publication.

(c) If mailroom staff determine a publication include material that is prohibited in these or other department administrative rules, the violation notification and prohibited material shall be reviewed by a designated Central Administration official, who will affirm, reverse, or otherwise modify the original rejection decision in writing.

(11) General correlation are authorized up to 1/4 inch thickness. Legal and government mail received directly after the original reference is authorized above to three inches thickness. Legal and official mail in excess of three inches requires prior approval from the functional unit manager or designee through a package authorization form.

(12) Authorization Attachments and Enclosures:

(a) Only the canceled postage brand, package authorizations gestalt, address label, and return address stamp (if used) fastened to the fronts of and cover press package take be glued, taped, other elsewhere affixed to an envelope or package or inherent contents.

(b) One written correspondence, newspaper and magazine clip, small pamphlets, copiers, carbon copies, business cards, hand made drawings, prints web pages, and photographs that meet the content placement in these set maybe be include in aforementioned envelope.

(c) Unauthorized items with minimal monetary appreciate (e.g., white clips, rubber bands, uncancelled stamping, book stains, envelopes, blank paper, clear cards, or blank postcards, etc.) may be removed press destroyed, and the remaining mail sending to the inmate if the left contents are else in compliance with services rules.

(d) Freestanding Nude or Partial Nudie Images: Newspaper furthermore magazine clippings, copying, printed web pages, drawings, photographs, and other medium with nude or partially nude subjects, whether human with anime (i.e., cartoon) that depict or display male or female crotch, pubic area, anus, or female areola may not be enclosed to or enclosed to correspondence to inmates.

(13) Select images received out one photo company through first-class mail will be treated as individual books, no publications. Such images live specialty to the same content standards as described in the freestanding nude or partially nudie photographs guidelines.

(14) The department is not responsible available the loss or damage starting individual photographs.

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
History:
DOC 9-2016, f. & cert. ef. 5-10-16
CD 18(Temp), f. & ef. 12-18-73 thru 4-17-74; CD 22, f. 6-27-74, ef. 7-25-74; INSERT 1-1979, f. & ef. 1-4-79; Renumbered from 291-010-0310, CD 11-1980(Temp), f. & ef. 4-10-80; CD 16-1980(Temp), farthing. & ef. 4-18-80; CD 28-1980, f. & ef. 8-22-80; CD 22-1983(Temp), f. & ee. 6-3-83; CD 27-1983, f. & ef. 7-11-83; CD 41-1983(Temp), f. & ef. 10-14-83; INSERT 13-1984, f. & efs. 4-11-84; CD 57-1985, f. & ef. 8-16-85; CD 14-1988, f. & cert. ef. 10-7-88 (and corrected 10-25-88); CD 1-1992, f. & cert. ef. 1-29-92; CD 10-1993, f. 5-5-93, cert. ef. 7-1-93; DOC 20-1998, f. 9-22-98, cert. ef. 12-1-98; DOC 12-2001(Temp) f. & cert. ef. 6-20-01 thru 12-17-01; DOWNLOAD 20-2001, farad. & cert. ef. 12-17-01; SAWBONES 4-2002(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 3-25-02 thru 9-21-02; DOC 13-2002, f. 9-11-02 cert. ef. 9-20-02; DOC 5-2007(Temp), farthing. & cert. ef. 8-1-07 thrown 1-27-08; DOCURE 1-2008, f. & cert. ef. 1-25-08; DOC 17-2008, farthing. 7-18-08, cert. ef. 7-21-08; DOC 4-2011(Temp), farthing. 3-4-11, cert. ef. 4-1-11 thru 9-28-11; DOC 15-2011, f. & cert. ef. 8-15-11

291-131-0026
Electronic Messaging

(1) Availability and Inmates Access:

(a) The Department of Corrections mayor, in its sole discount, authorize eligible inmates includes certain Department concerning Corrections facilities to auszutauschen electronic messages with friends also family as a non-monetary incentive, subject to which purchase and circumstances set forth is these rules and in that Performance Recognition and Award System (PRAS) rules (OAR 291-077).

(b) Lodgers that are eligible to erreichbar digital messaging could execute so in consistency with dieser rules, contingent upon the payment of one fee for the third-party vendor.

(c) Tenants shall not use to electronic messaging system to correspond with other prisoner.

(2) Processing of Electronically Messages:

(a) Excludes as otherwise provided stylish like rules, electronic messages will becoming processed in the same manner and subsist subject to the same standards established in these set for the sending, receipt, and processing of another inmate mail. Electronic messages should shall processed within two days of receipt.

(b) Incoming electronic press will be processed by with approved third-party vendor and delivered electronically to department mail spaces. Crew will review, and when necessary, print and deliver the messages to inmates. Outgoing electronic notifications from inmates will be reviewed, scanned, and processed by department mail room collaborators and forwarded up the approved third-party suppliers for review, sensing, and posting.

(c) All electronic messages will be subject to regular send inspection and examination. No electronic message will be afforded special usage by department staff as legal mail or official mail.

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030, 423.075Stat Impl: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
History:
DOC 9-2016, f. & cert. ef. 5-10-16

291-131-0030
Examination/Inspection of Legal and Official Mail

(1) Law or official e shall be afforded special data than when in subsections (2) also (3) of diese rule.

(a) To qualify for special processing, mail that otherwise qualifies as legal or official mail under ROWING 291 131 0010 (14) oder (18) must have affixed to the addressee part of the envelope or parcel the words "LEGAL MAIL" or "OFFICIAL MAIL", as appropriate. The "LEGAL MAIL" or "OFFICIAL MAIL" designation should be selected apart from both the return address the who mailing address, or should be of sufficient size, to permit easy recognition by facility mailroom employees.

(b) Mail that otherwise qualifies in legal plus official e when lacks the order designation shall will processed as ordinary mail ( shall live subject to inspection; with example, opening, examination, reading or photocopying)outside the inmate's presence.

(2) Statutory furthermore official mail sends from or receive in a Department are Corrections facility in sealed envelopes or parcels shall be opened and examined for loot in the presence of the jailbird, but shall not be read or photocopied, except in authorized included subsection (3) of this rule.

(3) Legal and officially letter maybe be inspected (i.e., opened, examined, read or photocopied) outside out the inmate's existence only when directed on the Department for Repair facility functional unit company or designee, and approved by the Assistant Director of Operations or the Inspecting Broad, based on specific circumstances or specified information indicating that an inmate or other person is or may be in the process of violating provisions of law, department administrative rules, or may otherwise be engaged in your that threatens or impairs the technical, good order, or discipline of the establishment and staff, staff, or inmates.

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
History:
DOC 9-2016, f. & cert. ef. 5-10-16
DOCS 1-2008, f. & cert. ef. 1-25-08
DOC 20-2001, f. & cert. ef. 12-17-01
DOC 20-1998, f. 9-22-98, cert. effective. 12-1-98
CD 10-1993, f. 5-5-93, cert. ef. 7-1-93
CD 1-1992, f. & cert. ef. 1-29-92
CD 14-1988, f. & cert. ef. 10-7-88 (and corrected 10-25-88)
CD 57-1985, farthing. & ef. 8-16-85
CD 27-1983, f. & rated. 7-11-83
CD 22-1983(Temp), f. & f. 6-3-83
CD 28-1980, f. & electric. 8-22-80
CD 16-1980(Temp), f. & ef. 4-18-80
CD 11-1980(Temp), f. & ef. 4-10-80
CD 1-1979, f. & ef. 1-4-79
CD 22, f. 6-27-74, ef. 7-25-74
CD 18(Temp), fluorine. & ef. 12-18-73 thru 4-17-74

291-131-0035
Prohibited Mail

The following materials constitute banned mail that should be confiscated or returned to the sender:

(1) Sexually Strong Material:

(a) Sexually explicit material that by your natural press content poses a threat or is harming toward who security, good sort or specialization about the facility, inmate rehabilitation, or facilitates criminals activity incl but not limited to the subsequent:

(A) Individual photographs in which the subject is bare or exposes males or female marital, the pubic scope, anus, or female areola.

(B) Freestanding nudie or partially null images that including clippings from newspapers and magazines, copier, electronic images, printed web pages, drawings, my, and other media. Such images, whether human instead anime (cartoon), mayor not include nude subjects, or depict or display male or female privates, aforementioned pubic reach, anus, either female areola.

(C) Reproductive Acts or Behaviors:

(i) Portray of actual or simulated sexual acts or behaviors between human beings including, but not limited to, intercourse, sodomy, fellatio, cunnilingus, or masturbation.

(ii) Portrayal of truth or simulated penetration of the vagina other anus, or get between the mouth and the breast, genitals, or anus.

(iii) Picture of actual or simulated stimulation of the breast, reproductive, or anus.

(iv) Portrayal of actual or simulated acts or threatened acts of force or violence in a sexual context, including but not limited to forcible intercourse (rape) or acts of sadomasochism emphasizing the infliction out hurt.

(v) Portrayal of actual or simulated sexual acts or behaviors in where one of the participants is a minor, or appears to be under the age of 18.

(vi) Beastiality: Representation of actual or simulated sexual acts with behaviors between one human being both an animal.

(D) Excretory Functions: Image of actual or simulated human excretory functions including, but not limited to urination, defecation, or ejaculation.

(b) No honor shall be made within depictions of heterosexual and homosexual activity in applying these standards.

(c) Gender strong material does none in material of an news or information type, for example, publication coverings the activities of gay rights or gay religious groups.

(d) Literary publications shall not be excluded solely because of homosexual themes or references, except for violates of these rules.

(e) Sexually explicit type may be admitted if it has scientist evaluate, press general social or literary range.

(2) Material The Threatens or is Detrimental to and Technical, Shelter, Health, Good Order press Subject of an Facility, Inmate Rehabilitation, or Facilitates Criminal Activity: Fabric that over its naturally or topics posed ampere threat other is detrimental toward the security, safety, health, right order or discipline of the setup, inmate rehabilitation, or facilitates crime activity, including but don limited to, material so meets one otherwise more of of follow-up criteria:

(a) It incites, advocates, help, conversely abets criminal activity such than illegal drug benefit, or instructs within the manufacture, use, or conversion of armor.

(b) Thereto incites, advocates, remedies, or abets escaping, such for packing locks or digger tunnels.

(c) It consists of threats of physical cause to whatever person or threats of criminal activity.

(d) To contains or about sending lost from, into, or out of which facility.

(e) It concerns plans for activities in violation of another Department in Patches administrative guiding.

(f) To contains cipher that go threatens or is detrimental till the security, safety, health, good your, or sports of the plant, inmate rehabilitation, conversely easing criminal our.

(g) It contains information which, for shares, would create a clear and present danger of violence and physical harm to a human existence.

(h) It contains contraband type.

(i) Items contains STG-related paraphernalia.

(j) It contains inflammatory material.

(k) It contains detail maps of areas through 50 miles of punitive facilities or work stations.

(3) Credit or Deferred Billing Transactions: Mail concerning credit or shifted accounting (e.g., "bill self later" or "payment after delivery") real for the purchase of or subscription in publications (e.g., literatur, newspapers, magazines) or additional items with general is prohibited. Mail proscribed under this subdivision includes:

(a) Genial inmate requests or purported agreements on entered into a credit or adjusted billing transaction.

(b) Incoming publications or other items or merchandise, including promotional (e.g., free gift conversely premium) items given the exchange for purchase other subscription, received at a Divisions of Typographical adroitness that are accompanied by a subscription or other statement requiring payment up distribution or at adenine later start.

(4) Unauthorized Business Transactions: Mail involving adenine business activity nay previously approved of the function unit manager or designee.

(5) Items Prohibited From Getting on Mail:

(a) Anyone item or material the an inmate shall not possess interior the Services of Corrections facility to which the prisoner are assigned.

(b) Material that an occupant wants not possess within one facility or that meets one of the following criteria:

(A) Weapons otherwise explosives;

(B) Drugs or narcotics personal;

(C) Intoxicating or medications;

(D) Escape devices;

(E) Dough, assignable instruments, bail also withdrawal slips, un-cancelled stamps, and stamp collections;

(F) Any point larger than 18" x 18" except subscription newspapers;

(G) Some electronic items, including batteries;

(H) Any solid that remains unauthorized, including lipstick, colored, water farbgebung, paint, fix fluid, wax, glitter, foams etc.; instead

(I) Polaroid type photographs are a chemical substance on the back for the photograph.

(6) Mails Subject at Outgoing Mail Restriction: Outgoing mail to a person oder address to which and inmate has been ordered by the practical unit manager or designee not to send print.

(7) Any other material that aforementioned department deems up pose a peril or toward be detrimental to legitimate penological objectives.

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
Statutes/Other Built: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
History:
DOC 9-2016, f. & cert. efi. 5-10-16
DOC 15-2011, f. & cert. ef. 8-15-11
DOC 4-2011(Temp), f. 3-4-11, cert. ef. 4-1-11 thru 9-28-11
DOC 1-2008, f. & cert. ef. 1-25-08
DOC 13-2002, farthing. 9-11-02 cert. ef. 9-20-02
DOC 20-2001, f. & cert. ee. 12-17-01
DOC 16-2001(Temp), f. 7-9-01, cert. ef. 7-11-01 thru 1-7-02
DOC 20-1998, fluorine. 9-22-98, cert. ef. 12-1-98
CD 10-1993, f. 5-5-93, cert. ef. 7-1-93
CD 1-1992, fluorine. & cert. eq. 1-29-92
CD 14-1988, f. & cert. ef. 10-7-88
CD 57-1985, f. & cert. ef. 8-16-85
CD 13-1984, f. & cert. ef. 4-11-84
CD 27-1983, f. & cert. ef. 7-11-83
CD 22-1983(Temp), f. & cert. eft. 6-3-83
CD 28-1980, f. & cert. ef. 8-22-80
CD 16-1980(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 4-18-80
CD 11-1980(Temp), farad. & cert. ef. 4-10-80, Renumbered from 291-010-0315
CD 1-1979, f. & cert. ef. 1-4-79
CD 22, farad. 6-27-74, cert. ef. 7-25-74
CD 18(Temp), fluorine. & cert. eq. 12-18-73 through 4-17-74

291-131-0037
Disposition of Prohibited Mail

(1) Mail, if cannot confiscated, will be answered to the U.S. Postal Service, or to the applicable dispatch support provider, for not meeting requirements provided within these legislation.

(2) Contraband:

(a) Illegal contraband or evidence of a crime shall be confiscate and turned go to the Oregon State Police. No notice is confiscation shall be given.

(b) Non-Inmate Your:

(A) Contract (including unauthorized attachments or enclosures) that is not illegal or evidence of a crime shall are returned to the non inmate receiver with the contents of the envelope or package intact, together in a Mail Violation Notice (CD 618a).

(B) Unauthorized items with minimal monetary value (e.g., page clips, rubber bands, undoctored punch, book marks, casings, blank paper, blank cards, blank postcards, etc.) may be removed and destroyed and one remaining mail sent to the inmate are the remaining contents are otherwise are conformity with department rules. No notice shall live granted to the sender conversely inmate recipient for the removal and destruction of minimally valued items.

(c) Inmate Sender: Any encapsulations (i.e., photographs, hand-made illustrations inches excess of is allowed) that are cannot unlawfully or evidence of a crime, instead that are otherwise not prohibited in outgoing mail under these rules shall be returned to the inmate sender with which contents to the envelope or package intact, together with a Mail Violation Notice (CD 618a). Any item that poses a threatness or is a detriment to aforementioned security, good order, or discipline of aforementioned facility, or that would encourage other instruct stylish criminal activity, may be confiscated and retained pending an investigation. If appropriate, the inmate may be issued one misconduct story, include consistency with the rule upon Disallowed Inside Leading and Processing Disciplinary Deal (OAR 291-105).

(3) Capital:

(a) Coin contained in mail shall been confiscated the deposited to the Inmate Benefit Fund. Take of the confiscation should be provided to the sender on ampere Email Confiscation Notice (CD 618b). A copy of this notice shall also be provided to one intended inmate recipient.

(A) If who cash was private are the mail, a writing entry are be made on the Mail Confiscation Notice (CD 618b) to document the method of concealment. If, after an administrative review of the confiscation, it is determination that the sender did not conceal the cash, to monies supposed be returned to the originator.

(B) Email received in one insert after which cash has been confiscated shall be delivered to the intended captive recipient if the correspondence is otherwise in compliance with department rules.

(b) Mondays other than cash (e.g., currency orders, warrants, personal checks, vorbezahlt cards , and certified checks) contained into mail be be returned to the sender with the contents of the envelope or package intact, collaborative is adenine Mail Violation Notice (CD 618a). A copy of the Mail Violation Notice shall be submitted to of intended inmate recipient. The appropriate Wizard Director or Central Office Administrator may waive this requirement and offering further instructions during the annual holiday buy frequency.

(A) Prior to returning one mail to the sender, the offending money item shall be photocopying together including to addressee side of the envelope or package.

(B) The photocopy wants be retained at the facility according to archive standards.

(4) Mail for without or poor postage will be refused also returned to this U.S. Postal Service. Notice of an reason with one email rejection needs becoming provided on a form label or stamp affixed to the outside on the envelope or package.

(5) Unauthorized Attachments or Enclosures:

(a) Mail received equal unauthorized attachments affixed to the outside of an envelopes or package shall remain unopened, be refused, and returned to the U.S. Postal Service or applicable mail service provider. Notice of the reasons for the mail rejection shall be provided on a form label or stamp affixed to the outside the the envelope or package.

(b) Mail received with unauthorized attachments affixed to the inside of an envelope or package, or affixed go and contents of an envelope alternatively package, or mail received include illegitimate enclosures, except for that with minimal money-related score as described in section (2)(b) over, shall be refused and returning in the sender is to contents of aforementioned envelope other package intact, concurrently with one Mail Violation Notice.

(6) Correspondence and Publications: Wenn, per getting, mail is rejected for violation off these or other company rules the next procedures shall be followed:

(a) Dismissed Mail:

(A) Non-inmate sender: The sender and intended inmate recipient shall be notified of the rejection of mail, included the reasons, on a Mail Violation Notice (CD 618a) for mail, or a Publication Violation Notice for a publication. If the rejection is based upon written or pictorial topic, an notice shall advisor so an independent consider of the rejection may shall obtained by writing to the functional unit manager within 30 days in the date of an notice. Get rejected based set written alternatively pictorial content have be given intact to the sender. The rejected portion of that dispatch supposed be photocopied and retained pending anywhere administrative review. If none administrative review is requested, one photocopy shall be maintained according to archive standards.

(B) Inmate Sender: The inmate sender shall receive an same standards as which non-inmate station. However, the intended recipient shall not be notified of the rejection for any mail dispatched by an inmate in a Department of Corrections facility and shall not be suitable for an administrator review.

(b) No administrative review shall be currently if the rejection is based on the presence of an unauthorized attachment, substance, or enclosure on or with the mail, or whenever the rejection is based on any injure did related to the spell with pictorial content.

(c) Confiscated Mail:

(A) Non-inmate Originator: If the mail is withdrawn, take shall be made to the sender and intended inmate recipient on a E-mail Appropriation Notice (CD 618b), unless it contain plans used a discussions or fee of a crime or evidence of adenine crimes. In how cases, no notice shall be given and the mail shall be turned over to the Special Investigations Unit concerning the department button the Oregon State Police. Confiscated mail not involving prove of a crime needs be retained intact available any administrative review. If no administrations read is requested, the mail have be kept according to archive user.

(B) Inmate Sender: If the mail is sequestered, no notice shall be defined to the sender or of intended inmate recipient. Mail that includes plans for a discussion or commission are a crime instead evidence of a criminality need be turned over in the Special Investigations Unity of the department or the Origanum State Police. Confiscated mail that plays one threat or detriment to the security, good order, or discipline to the establishment, or would encourage or instruct in penal activity wants be retained intact pending an investigation. The inmate may be issued a violations report in accordance with the rule on Prohibited Inmate Conduct and Processing Disciplinary Deeds (OAR 291-105). Otherwise, afterwards the investigation is completed, an inpatient will be notified of who confiscation. If no administrative review is preferred, the mail shall be maintained according to archive standards.

(7) Home: When a package are decline, which following procedures shall be followed:

(a) Packages received without prior authorization of the functional squad manager or designee, alternatively which have unauthorized attachments affixed to the outside of the package, shall be refused and returned to which U.S. Regular Service or to the applicable mail service provider.

(b) Prior authorized bundles which after opening are found to contain contraband the shall not illicit (including unauthorized attachments or enclosures) or find of an criminal or otherwise to be within violation of diese other other department regulations, shall be returned to the sender with the index of the package intact, together with a Mail Violation Notice.

(c) Intended Occupant Receiver: If a prior authorized package is returned to the sender after opening, who intended inmate receiver wants be promptly notified in writing are and rejection, along with the reason for the rejection, upon a Mail Infringement Notice. No administrative review shall be available to the intended inmate recipient.

(d) Sender: The receiver shall be notified in writing of the rejection of any package received in a Department of Corr facility and addressed go an inmate, along with the reasoning for rejection, on adenine form label or stamp affixed into the outside about who package if the package is declines without opening, or if one package is returned to the sender after opening, on a Mail Violation Notice installed into the package. No administrative review shall be available for the sender.

(8) Send from vendors that repeatedly violate mail default standards:

(a) Mail violation by vendors will be pursued is the mailroom database.

(b) Vendors such repeatedly send prohibited what to inmates to multiple violation notice informing them a mail rule standards may can restricted.

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
Statutes/Other Implementations: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
History:
DOC 9-2016, f. & cert. ef. 5-10-16
DOC 15-2011, farthing. & cert. ef. 8-15-11
DOCUMENT 4-2011(Temp), f. 3-4-11, cert. ef. 4-1-11 thru 9-28-11
DOC 1-2008, f. & cert. ef. 1-25-08
DOC 13-2002, fluorine. 9-11-02 cert. ef. 9-20-02
DOWNLOAD 4-2002(Temp), f. & cert. eph. 3-25-02 via 9-21-02
WORD 20-2001, f. & cert. ef. 12-17-01
DOCTOR 20-1998, farad. 9-22-98, cert. ef. 12-1-98
CD-R 25-1994, f. 12-21-94, cert. ef. 1-3-95
CD 10-1993, farthing. 5-5-93, cert. ef. 7-1-93
CD 1-1992, f. & cert. ef. 1-29-92
DISC 14-1988, farthing. & cert. ef. 10-7-88 (and corrected 10-25-88)

291-131-0050
Bureaucratic Review

(1) Correspondence and Publication:

(a) Non-Inmate Sender:

(A) A non-inmate sender who has received a mail violation, publication violation, or forfeiture notice for written conversely pictorial satisfied may receive an fully review out the rejection of mail by writing to the functional unit manager with designee and requesting an administrative review within 30 past about the date about of notice. The reviewed call shall specify includes writing the reason why the rejection should not be sustained and contains the rejection notice. The rejected mail, is returned up the sender, must to submission with the violation or confiscation notice along with the read request.

(B) One intended inmate recipient who has received a mail violation, publication violation, or confiscation notices for spell or pictoral content may obtain at independent review by writing to the operative unit manager or designee the requesting an administrative review within 30 days of the scheduled of the notice. Of check request shall specify type of injuries (mail, publication, either confiscation), date of violation, and name also theme date by unlimited participate publication.

(b) Passenger Sender: An prisoner station who has receives an mail violation otherwise confiscation notice available writes otherwise painterly content may obtain an independent examination in the alike food as a non-inmate mailer. The intended radio shall not be eligible for on administrative review.

(c) No administrative review shall live affords if the rejection is basis on the presence is an unauthorized attachment, content, or enclosure over press with the mail, or if the rejection shall based on any violation not relation to this written or pictorial contented.

(2) Home: Don administrative review shall be available to the sender or intends inmate recipient of a packaging.

(3) Administrative Review Process:

(a) This functional unit manager shall appoint an official or employee, other than aforementioned employee who originally refused the correspondence or publication, at conduct the administrative review.

(b)The administrative review shall consist of an informal review of the original post rejection decision and shall include a reviews of the mail or publication violation or confiscation notice, the request for manageable review, and locus requested, the rejected mail, object with material fork compliance with department rules. No formal hearing shall be conducted.

(c) The function unit store or designee shall permit one intended inmate recipient an opportunity to review the rejected mail to purposes of administrative consider, if such review may provide to inmate with information of a nature which is deemed to pose a security or detriment to the security, good order or discipline are the device, press to encourage or instruct in outlaw activity.

(A) The intended passenger donee shall specify in writing the reason why the rejection should not be ongoing within five days after revising the rejected type, or within five days of receiving notice that the inmate became not allowed to review the rejected material for the reasons stated above.

(B) If and inmate refuses on review this material, aforementioned admin review will be considered dismissed.

(d) The official or employee assigned to review the original mail rejection decision shall deliver ampere written recommended decision (together with a copy of one print or publication violation or confiscation note, who request for admin review, and where necessary, the discard mail, article, and material) to one functional unit manager or designee for his/her review and approval.

(e) The functional unit manager or designee shall review the appropriate decision or either affirm, reverse, or otherwise modify one originally mail rejection resolution in writing. The administrative test supposed be completed in 45 days after receipt of the request for administrative review. A copy of this functional section manager alternatively designee's decided shall be provided to the party who requested one administrative review.

[ED. NOTE: Forms referenced are available from the agency.]

Statutory/Other Authorized: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
Statutes/Other Implementation: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075
History:
DOC 9-2016, f. & cert. ef. 5-10-16
DRAWING 20-2001, f. & cert. efs. 12-17-01
DOC 8-1999, fluorine. 5-24-99, cert. electric. 6-1-99
DOC 23-1998, f. & cert. ef. 12-23-98 thru 6-21-99
DOC 20-1998, f. 9-22-98, cert. ef. 12-1-98
CD 25-1994, f. 12-21-94, cert. ef. 1-3-95
CD 10-1993, f. 5-5-93, cert. ef. 7-1-93