Examples of Legal mail in a sentence
Legal mail, legal visits and telephone calls by inmates shall be permitted with class counsel regarding any aspect of this Agreement or the litigation settled hereby without adverse consequences, subject to generally applicable DOCCS’ rules relating to legal visits, mail and the use of telephones.
Legal mail is confidential communication directly between an offender and an attorney (for the purposes of seeking or providing legal services only), an offender and the court, opposing parties for service of documents (pursuant to court rules), or sheriff offices third parties for service of documents (pursuant to court rules).
Legal mail is entitled to a higher degree of protection than regular mail, and “prison policies or practices which interfere with legal mail on a regular basis whether incoming or outgoing must be supported by a legitimate penological interest other than mere general security concerns which permit interference with regular mail.
Legal mail will also be opened and inspected, but it will be done in the presence of the detained immigrant parent, and then given to them.
Legal mail is defined as incoming or outgoing correspondence between an inmate and the court, a member of the State Bar, a holder of public office, the State Board of Corrections, the Butte County Jail Commander, the Community Legal Information Center (CLIC), and the Butte County Sheriff.