- (a) Correspondence between a resident and his or her attorney(s) shall be opened in the presence of the resident to ensure the authenticity of the correspondence and to check for contraband.
- (b) The phrase “Legal Mail” shall be written on the address side of the envelope in order to assure confidential handling in either in-bound or out-bound legal mail.
- (c) Incoming legal mail found in violation of this rule shall be forwarded to the investigations bureau for appropriate action with the person(s) or firm(s) involved.
- (d) Legal mail shall not be bound. No legal correspondence shall be accepted with any type of binding attached to the pages of the documents. The NHDOC shall not consider a single staple to be “bound.” Staff shall remove the staple and forward the mail to the resident.
Source. (See Revision Notes #1, #2, and #4 at chapter heading for Cor 300) #13154, eff 1-5-21