federal_register: 02-31310
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| 02-31310 | Incoming Publications: Softcover Materials | Rule | In this document, the Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) revises its regulations on incoming publications. The amendment provides that inmates in medium security, high security, and administrative institutions may receive softcover materials only from a publisher, book club, or bookstore. This amendment is necessary to reduce the amount of contraband introduced into Federal prisons through materials sent by mail. The presence of contraband in the prisons, including drugs, weapons, and escape-related materials pose grave dangers to staff, inmates and the public. We considered alternate solutions to the problem of intercepting contraband, such as the use of technological security devices or increased staffing, but determined that these options wereimpracticable. This rule change also allows the Unit Manager to make an exception to this requirement and to the existing similar requirement for hardcover publications and newspapers. We intend this rule change to strengthen security procedures designed to prevent introduction to contraband into Bureau institutions. | 2002-12-17 | 2002 | 12 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/12/17/02-31310/incoming-publications-softcover-materials | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2002-12-17/pdf/02-31310.pdf | Justice Department; Prisons Bureau | 268,437 | In this document, the Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) revises its regulations on incoming publications. The amendment provides that inmates in medium security, high security, and administrative institutions may receive softcover materials only from a... |