The following are the minimum requirements applicable to incoming publications:

1. (1) Written local policy must specify the procedure for receiving, reviewing and allowing publications into the prison, including the searching of incoming publications for contraband.
2. (2) Written local policy must establish the criteria for prohibiting a publication from coming into the prison, including the defining of obscene material. Incoming publications may be read and examined by the prison administrator or a designee. The criteria for prohibiting a publication from coming into the prison must be related to maintaining the order, security or safety of the prison or the exclusion of obscene material.
3. (3) Written local policy must identify the procedure for allowing access to both recreational and instructional reading materials for use by inmates.

Authority

The provisions of this § 95.245 amended under section 506 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 186); and section 3(3) and (4) of the act of December 27, 1965 (P. L. 1237, No. 502) (61 P. S. § 460.3(3) and (4)).

Source

The provisions of this § 95.245 readopted May 18, 1979, 9 Pa.B. 1619; amended October 10, 2008, effective October 13, 2009, 38 Pa.B. 5627. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (336812).