§ 3134. General Mail Regulations.
15 CA ADC § 3134Barclays Official California Code of Regulations
15 CCR § 3134
§ 3134. General Mail Regulations.
The weight limit for First-Class Mail is 13 ounces, and for Standard Mail is 16 ounces. Photo albums can be obtained by the inmate from the canteen and the Vendor Package Program. Any unacceptable mail shall be immediately returned to the sender with the envelope annotated “Unauthorized Mail, Return to Sender”. Inmates shall be noticed pursuant to section 3136.
(2) Facilities will make available to all inmates local procedures for the receipt of packages from their correspondents in accordance with limits set for their assigned inmate work/training incentive group. A facility may refuse to deliver the package if the inmate is not qualified to receive it. If the package is in excess of the 30-pound limit, or is damaged, the package shall be returned to the vendor at the vendor's expense.
(d) Contests. Inmates shall not participate in any contest when a financial obligation is involved or when such participation shall result in expense to the facility beyond the cost of processing mail. If lottery tickets, lottery scratchers, or other contest materials, are discovered in incoming mail, the entire envelope and its contents shall be returned to sender with a pre-printed notice to the sender which states: “Unauthorized item”.
(e) Inmate Manuscripts. Manuscripts include, but are not limited to, written, typed or printed articles of fiction and nonfiction, poems, essays, gags, plays, skits, paintings, sketches, drawings, or musical compositions created by an inmate. Any manuscript remains the property of the inmate who created it. It may be retained in the inmate's possession, unless it violates sections 3006 or 3135. If unauthorized state materials have been used in the creation of a manuscript, the item shall be confiscated pending disciplinary action and reimbursement by the inmate for the state materials. Incoming and outgoing manuscripts shall be processed as regular mail in accordance with the provisions of this article.
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Note: Authority cited: Section 5058, Penal Code. Reference: Sections 2601 and 4570, Penal Code; Procunier v. Martinez, 416 U.S. 396; and Bell v. Wolffish, 99 S. Ct. 1861.
History
1. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed 10-29-90 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 91, No. 6).
2. Editorial correction deleting duplicate sentence (Register 91, No. 11).
3. Editorial correction of printing error in Note (Register 92, No. 5).
4. Amendment filed 11-18-96; operative 12-18-96 (Register 96, No. 47).
5. Renumbering of former section 3134 to section 3138 and renumbering of former section 3138 to section 3134, including repealer and new section, filed 7-17-2008; operative 7-17-2008 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2008, No. 29).
6. Amendment of subsection (c)(4) filed 6-14-2011; operative 7-14-2011 (Register 2011, No. 24).
This database is current through 5/10/24 Register 2024, No. 19.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 15, § 3134, 15 CA ADC § 3134
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