N.J. Admin. Code § 13:103-7.28 - Appeal and final disposition

(a) When correspondence has been withheld in the mailroom or when correspondence has been removed from the juvenile's possession, the sender or juvenile may appeal the action of the Superintendent or designee to the Regional Administrator within 10 calendar days of the date of notice.

(b) The sender or juvenile shall be permitted to submit documents in writing to the Regional Administrator that state that the challenged correspondence does not violate the category indicated in the report of the staff member.

(c) The Regional Administrator or designee shall issue a written decision on the appeal and shall respond to the sender or juvenile, as appropriate, within 72 hours of receipt of the written appeal. If the decision is to withhold the correspondence from the juvenile, the decision shall identify the category of disapproved correspondence set forth in 13:103-7.24 that is applicable to the withheld correspondence.

(d) If a correspondence is found to be objectionable only in part and such part is easily separable from the rest of the correspondence, the sender or juvenile, as appropriate, shall be given the choice of whether to allow the residential community home to excise the offending portions or to forfeit the juvenile's right to the correspondence.

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N.J. Admin. Code § 13:103-7.28