Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

54010.21 Publications

• Inmates may subscribe to, purchase, or have the items listed below purchased for them by a third party:

  • Newspapers.

  • Periodicals.

  • Magazines.

  • Books.

• If subscriptions or books are purchased for the inmate by a third party (or donated to an inmate) they must be mailed directly from a book store or publisher. If subscriptions or books are purchased for the inmate by a third party (or donated to an inmate) they must be mailed directly from a book store, book distributor, a publisher, or a religious organization. Personal correspondents cannot mail books, periodicals, or publications directly to inmates and state that they are a donation.

• There shall be no “Approved Vendor Lists” for any publication.

• The CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall distribute a centralized list of disapproved publications that are prohibited as contraband. Publications that are enumerated on this centralized list are not allowed in any institutions. Local institutions may not add items to the centralized list.