N.J. Admin. Code § 13:103-7.37 - Disapproved content in publications

(a) Any incoming publication may be withheld in the mailroom or taken from a juvenile's possession if it falls within one of the following categories:

1. The publication contains material that is detrimental to the security and/or order of the residential community home because it incites violence based upon race, religion, creed, or nationality and a reasonable inference can be drawn, based upon the experience and professional expertise of correctional administrators, that it may result in the outbreak of violence within the residential community home;

2. The publication contains information regarding:

i. Explosives;

ii. Weapons;

iii. Controlled dangerous substances;

iv. Escape plans;

v. Lockpicking and/or locking devices; or

vi. Anything that might pose a threat to the security or orderly operation of the residential community home;

3. The publication contains information that appears to be written in code;

4. The publication contains information directly or indirectly advocating or promoting activities, within or outside the residential community home, which would be subject to criminal prosecution under the laws of New Jersey or the United States;

5. The publication incites violence, or destructive or disruptive behavior toward:

i. Law enforcement officers;

ii. Commission personnel;

iii. Community program juveniles, visitors and/or volunteers; or

iv. Community program activities, programs, or procedures; or

6. The publication contains material that, based upon the experience and professional expertise of correctional administrators and judged in the context of a correctional facility and its paramount interest in security, order, and rehabilitation:

i. Taken, as a whole, appeals to a prurient interest in sex;

ii. Lacks, as a whole, serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value; and

iii. Depicts, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct including patently offensive representations or descriptions of ultimate sex acts, masturbation, excretory functions, lewd exhibition of the genitals, sadism, or masochism.

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