1. A. A managing official shall ensure that employees who handle incarcerated individual mail are familiar with the requirements of this chapter.

2. B. A managing official shall develop a correctional facility mail security plan that, at minimum, addresses:

   1. (1) Risk assessment;
   2. (2) A plan to protect staff and other individuals from hazards that may be delivered in the mail;
   3. (3) Standard operating procedures;
   4. (4) Security screening procedures;
   5. (5) Training of mailroom staff;
   6. (6) Testing and preparedness responses to emergency situations;
   7. (7) Threat management; and
   8. (8) Annual reviews of a correctional facility’s mail security plan.

Authority: Correctional Services Article, §§2-109(c), 3-205, and 4-208, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: February 19, 2024 (51:3 Md. R. 154)