N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:20-4.13

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 10A:20-4.13 - Notification of inmate assignment to a Residential Community Reintegration Program

(a) Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:4-91.11, whenever an eligible inmate is authorized for participation in a Residential Community Reintegration Program, the correctional facility Institutional Community Programs Reintegration Coordinator shall prepare a summary of all relevant information relating to the inmate's criminal history and background. This information shall include a current fact sheet, current progress notes, current photograph of the inmate, and the most recent Pre-Sentence Investigation Report available. The classification officer shall forward the summary of all relevant information to the Office of Community Programs.

(b) After Form 686-I Section II, Authorization for Release of Information has been signed by the inmate, the Office of Community Programs shall forward a copy of all the documents received pursuant to Form 686-II, Community Program Application Checklist, with all required documents and supplemental documents to the Residential Community Reintegration Program to which the inmate has been assigned. The Residential Community Reintegration Program must handle all inmate documents and classification material with strict confidentiality.

(c) The Office of Community Programs shall transmit to the Residential Community Reintegration Program (RCRP), within five business days of the inmate's transfer to the RCRP, the summary of all relevant information relating to the inmate's criminal history and background along with all documentation required as referenced at N.J.A.C. 10A:20-4.11.

(d) The Director, or designee, of the Residential Community Reintegration Program shall be responsible for transmitting, within five business days of an inmate's transfer to a Residential Community Reintegration Program, the summary of all relevant information relating to the inmate's criminal history and background referenced at (b) above to the following individuals:

1. The chief law enforcement officer of the municipality in which the RCRP is located; and

2. The chief law enforcement officer of the municipality adjacent to the RCRP, if the RCRP is within 2,500 feet of the border of an adjacent municipality.

(e) If an inmate should arrive at an RCRP without treatment and discharge information from the substance use disorder treatment program at Mid-State Correctional Facility or Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women, the Director, or designee, of the Residential Community Reintegration Program may request the inmate's records for assistance in treatment planning.

1. The Director, or designee, of the Residential Community Reintegration Program shall request that the inmate sign the Consent for Disclosure of Substance Use Disorder Records form.

2. The Office of Substance Abuse Programming and Addiction Services shall be responsible for coordinating the release of treatment and discharge information once the Consent for Disclosure of Substance Use Disorder Records form, signed by the inmate, is received from the Residential Community Reintegration Program.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:20-4.13

Amended by 48 N.J.R. 86(a), effective 1/4/2016

Amended by 52 N.J.R. 2060(a), effective 11/16/2020

Amended by 55 N.J.R. 2191(a), effective 10/16/2023