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New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10A - CORRECTIONSChapter 19 - NEWS MEDIA AND PUBLIC INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
Subchapter 2 - PUBLIC INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
Section 10A:19-2.3 - Release of information

N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:19-2.3

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Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
Section 10A:19-2.3 - Release of information

Employees of the Department of Corrections shall not impart information to news media representatives, freelancers or other persons not officially connected with a correctional facility or the Department of Corrections without prior notification to the Commissioner or designee except as provided in N.J.A.C. 10A:22. This section shall not restrict the right of employees to comment on public policy or other issues of public concern in a manner which will not interfere with the security or orderly operation of a correctional facility, or result in a breach of necessary confidentiality.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:19-2.3

Amended by R.2004 d.29, effective 1/20/2004.
See: 35 New Jersey Register 4427(a), 36 New Jersey Register 446(a).
Rewrote the section.
Amended by R.2005 d.221, effective 7/5/2005.
See: 37 New Jersey Register 863(a), 37 New Jersey Register 2543(b).
Substituted "notification to the Commissioner or designee" for "authorization from the Office of Public Information" preceding "except as provided in N.J.A.C. 10A:22".