Kentucky Department Of Correction's Mail Guidelines. - Page 2

Skye · #11 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008, 12:21 AM

Returned Mail

Undelivered mail shall be opened and inspected for contraband prior to it being returned to the inmate sender.

Staff shall determine if returned mail contains material that originated from the inmate identified on the envelope in order to insure that no substance, material or property is being improperly sent into the institution. Further, staff shall determine, to the extent possible, that the mail has not been opened or tampered with before its return to the institution.

Returned privileged mail shall be opened and inspected for contraband in the inmate's presence.

Skye · #12 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008, 12:22 AM

Inmate to Inmate Correspondence

Inmates shall not be allowed to mail correspondence to each other unless approved by the Warden for intra-institutional mail or the Wardens at both institutions for regular mail.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, inmates who are related as spouses, parent-child, parent-step-child, grandparent-grandchild or siblings, as verified in the presentence investigation report, may be permitted to correspond with the understanding that their mail shall be subject to inspection and read.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, institutions that do not allow legal aides to visit segregation inmates, shall allow legal documents to be exchanged, but not personal correspondence.

Staff may review correspondence to determine that legal pleadings are being exchanged, but shall cease to review the documents upon determining that they are an authentic legal matter.

Inmates who are permitted to correspond with each other under this policy and who have been determined to have abused the restrictions as stated or violate institutional rules regarding this privilege, shall not be permitted to continue to correspond without the specific permission of the Warden or Wardens.