Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

54010.12.6 Inmate Declines Consent for Examination of Confidential Enclosures

• The inmate may decline to consent to examination of enclosures in confidential mail by any staff. When this occurs, the enclosure shall be immediately placed in an envelope and sealed in the presence of the inmate. The separate envelope will, at the inmates choosing, be returned to the sender with the mailing cost charged to the inmate’s trust account, or disposed of pursuant to CCRCalifornia Code of Regulations 3191(c). The inmate is entitled to keep the letter or correspondence and the envelope it came in.