1. (a) Persons under departmental control and patients of the secure psychiatric unit shall have access to a law library to assist them in accessing the courts to challenge their convictions or their conditions of confinement pursuant to the requirements of Lewis, Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections v. Casey, 516 US 804 (1996), except as noted in (c) below.

2. (b) Law library access shall consist of:

   1. (1) Physical attendance at the law library;
   2. (2) Access by mail requesting that law library materials be sent to them; or
   3. (3) Individual virtual access through hardware and software resources to law library materials.
3. (c) In the event that persons under departmental control or patients of the SPU do not have access to the law library as outlined in (b), above, they shall have access to someone trained in legal research to assist them in accessing the courts to challenge their convictions or their conditions of confinement pursuant to the requirements of Lewis, Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections v. Casey, 516 US 804 (1996).

Source. (See Revision Note #1 and Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Cor 300) #12502, eff 3-23-18