Outgoing resident correspondence
Compiled text through Mar 31, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
No later Register activity identified in this check.
Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Mar 31, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)Each secure facility shall make available to residents, at facility expense, writing materials and first class postage for at least two one ounce pieces of correspondence each week.
(b)Each secure facility shall make available for purchase by residents both writing materials and first class postage.
(c)Outgoing resident correspondence shall bear at least the sender’s first name, in addition to the first initial of their last name, the name of the institution, and the institutional post office box or street address in the upper left-hand corner of the envelope.
(d)Outgoing resident correspondence shall be sealed by the resident in the presence of staff.
(e)Outgoing resident nonprivileged correspondence shall not be opened or read except when the facility director, or person acting in that capacity, determines there is reasonable suspicion to believe that the contents of such correspondence endanger or threaten the safety, security, or good order of the facility, or the safety, security, or the health of another person.
(f)A resident shall be notified in writing when their outgoing nonprivileged correspondence is opened pursuant to this section.
(g)The facility director, or person acting in that capacity, may delay notifying the resident regarding the specific facts and reasons when such notification would endanger or threaten the safety, security or good order of the facility, or the safety security, or the health of another person. As soon as the danger no longer exists, the facility director or person acting in that capacity shall immediately notify the resident.
(h)All outgoing resident correspondence shall be collected and forwarded to the United States Postal Service at least once each business day.