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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 12.03.03.06" title_num="12" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="03" heading="Incoming General Mail.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A person sending general mail to an incarcerated individual shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Include an incarcerated individual’s name and identification number on the outside of the envelope; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Ensure that the general mail envelope:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is not larger than 12 inches wide or 15 inches long;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Does not exceed 3.5 ounces; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Does not contain more than 12 photographs.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>When a single piece of incoming general mail sent to an incarcerated individual exceeds the allowable size, weight, or content specified in §A(2) of this regulation, correctional staff shall issue a notification to the incarcerated individual indicating that a piece of oversized mail was received and returned to the sender.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>When the overall volume of an incarcerated individual’s general mail exceeds a limitation imposed by a managing official, correctional staff shall follow the procedures established in Regulation .09 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Inspection and Delivery of Incoming Mail.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Correctional staff shall open incoming general mail before delivery to an incarcerated individual, and inspect it only for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Money orders;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Cash;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Stamps;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Checks; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Contraband.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Correctional staff shall follow established procedures for handling money orders, cash, stamps, checks, and contraband received in the mail.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Inspected incoming general mail shall be delivered as set forth in Regulation .02F of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Document Reproduction and Delivery.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Following inspection, incoming general mail at a pilot site shall be reproduced by photocopy or electronic scan, to include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Every side of each page or item contained in or on the envelope;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The outer envelope, including the incarcerated individual’s mailing address and the sender’s return address; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>All enclosed contents, including a letter, postcard, or other form of correspondence, photographs, drawings, printed material, and publication clippings.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Disposition and destruction of original general mail after photocopying or electronic scanning shall be handled as set forth in Regulation .03A of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>