This is a Memo from the Director of the Division of Adult Institutions (Prisons) that allows visitors to bring in paperwork for inmates to see and sign during visiting. If you need to bring in some paperwork, this information should be helpful. You may wish to take a copy of this memo to Visiting, in case the staff has a question.
The following is hand copied from the original Memo.
State of California
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Memorandum
Date: June 22, 2009
To: Associate Directors, Division of Adult Institutions
Wardens
Subject: ALLOWABLE DOCUMENTS AUTHORIZED INTO THE VISITING ROOM
The purpose of this memorandum is to reiterate Department Operations Manual (DOM). Section 54020.15, Allowable Visitor Items, Photographs/Documents, states in part: "Photographs, papers, or documents permitted into the visiting area for the inmate's examination shall be retained by the visitor and carried from the visiting room and the institution/facility at the conclusion of the visit...
During processing, visiting staff shall:
Inspect and count the items.
Record the number of items on the visitor's CDCR Form 1000.
Upon conclusion of the visit, staff shall again count the items verifying the amount with the number recorded."
The purpose of this section is to allow inmate access to a limited amount of documents without need to facilitate access through a legal visit. The following are examples of documents permitted into the visiting area: legal papers, tax returns, real estate documents, report cards and school work. To minimize the impact on visitor's processing, no more than ten pages are permitted per visit.
Documents entering through visitor processing are not subject to lawyer/client privilege and will be inspected and approved by a visiting supervisor to ensure the subject matter and content of documents do not compromise the safety and security of the institution.
All visiting staff shall immediately receive documented traiing relative to this process and this memorandum shall be placed with your visiting DOM supplement for reference until such time as it is reflected in the next annual revision.
If you have any questions, please contact Joseph Rouse, Statewide Visiting Manager, at (916) 324-0762.
SUZAN L. HUBBARD
Director
Division of Adult Institutions
cc: Scott Kernan, Undersecretary, Division of Adult Operations
Terri McDonald, Chief Deputy Secretary, Division of Adult Operations
George Giurbino, Deputy Director, Division of Adult Institutions (A)
Debra Herndon, Associate Director (A), Female Offender Programs and Services
Joseph Rouse, Correctional Counselor III, Statewide Visiting Manager
Date: June 22, 2009
To: Associate Directors, Division of Adult Institutions
Wardens
Subject: ALLOWABLE DOCUMENTS AUTHORIZED INTO THE VISITING ROOM
The purpose of this memorandum is to reiterate Department Operations Manual (DOM). Section 54020.15, Allowable Visitor Items, Photographs/Documents, states in part: "Photographs, papers, or documents permitted into the visiting area for the inmate's examination shall be retained by the visitor and carried from the visiting room and the institution/facility at the conclusion of the visit...
During processing, visiting staff shall:
Inspect and count the items. Record the number of items on the visitor's CDCR Form 1000.Upon conclusion of the visit, staff shall again count the items verifying the amount with the number recorded."
The purpose of this section is to allow inmate access to a limited amount of documents without need to facilitate access through a legal visit. The following are examples of documents permitted into the visiting area: legal papers, tax returns, real estate documents, report cards and school work. To minimize the impact on visitor's processing, no more than ten pages are permitted per visit.
Documents entering through visitor processing are not subject to lawyer/client privilege and will be inspected and approved by a visiting supervisor to ensure the subject matter and content of documents do not compromise the safety and security of the institution.
All visiting staff shall immediately receive documented traiing relative to this process and this memorandum shall be placed with your visiting DOM supplement for reference until such time as it is reflected in the next annual revision.
If you have any questions, please contact Joseph Rouse, Statewide Visiting Manager, at (916) 324-0762.
SUZAN L. HUBBARD
Director
Division of Adult Institutions
cc: Scott Kernan, Undersecretary, Division of Adult Operations
Terri McDonald, Chief Deputy Secretary, Division of Adult Operations
George Giurbino, Deputy Director, Division of Adult Institutions (A)
Debra Herndon, Associate Director (A), Female Offender Programs and Services
Joseph Rouse, Correctional Counselor III, Statewide Visiting Manager