Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

53100.8 Responsibility for Content

• The Warden shall be responsible for the content of the institutional publication.

• Under the direction of the Warden by the administrative editor, the supervising editor shall:

  • Have authority to select, edit, or reject articles, illustrations and layouts.

  • Work with the inmate editor to assure that journalistic standards of relevancy, accuracy, objectivity, fairness, and balance are maintained.

  • Regularly evaluate in writing the performance of the inmate editor and reporters. Consistently poor performance evaluations shall be cause for removing an editor or reporter from the staff of the publication.