New Jersey Statutes 30:4-8.5. Furnishing to new arrivals; explanation to non-English speaking prisoners
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 30:4-8.5
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Upon the arrival of a prisoner in any correctional institution in the State, he shall be furnished with a copy of the institution’s rules and regulations and shall have the meaning of the same explained to him. Spanish language copies of the institutional rules and regulations shall be provided to Spanish-speaking prisoners not conversant with the English language. To the extent possible, foreign language speaking prisoners not sufficiently conversant with the English language shall also be provided with verbal explanations in their language of greatest facility of all institutional rules and regulations.
L.1975, c. 95, s. 2.