Correspondence Publication Item and Contraband Denial Form

IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
Correspondence, Publication, Item, and Contraband Denial Form
Inmate's Name: IDOC#: Housing:
Date Received: Date Notice Sent: Date to Return by:
Sender's Name: Contents:
The item is located at the: ❑ Mail Center ❑ Property Office
This item was reviewed and denied in accordance with SOP 402.02.01.001, Mail Handling in Correctional
Facilities. To contest this decision (see SOP 316.02.01.001, Grievance and Informal Resolution
Procedure for Inmates). If you do not respond, the item(s)will be considered abandoned property and
handled in accordance with SOP 320.02.01.001, Property: State-issued and Inmate Personal Property.
Check one or more reason(s)for denial:
❑ Item received in a letter or package not authorized by policy or standard procedure
❑ Package received without prior authorization
❑ Publication or item describes the manufacture of weapons, bombs, explosives, escape materials, or
the manufacture of alcohol, drugs, or drug paraphernalia
❑ Publication or item evidences gang involvement or activities such as enemy list, constitutions,
structures, codes, signs symbols, slogans, photographs, drawings, training materials, clothing, etc.
❑ Publication or item advocates the inferiority of any ethnic, racial, or religious groups and/or makes
such groups an object of ridicule and scorn
❑ Publication not mailed directly from the publisher or bookstore
❑ Unauthorized magazine, book, or newspaper clipping
❑ Sticker(paper or non-paper), postage stamps, or envelopes
❑ Greeting card is padded, laminated, multilayered, musical, or larger than 8"x 10"
❑ Photographs larger than 5" x 8" or instant photographs with layers
❑ Sexually explicit materials
❑ Body fluids on letter
❑ Unauthorized inmate-to-inmate correspondence or third-party correspondence of inmates
❑ Padded envelopes (except legal mail)
❑ Envelopes or letters stained or that have unknown substances, lipstick, or lip balm on them
❑ Letters or envelopes with a strong perfume-like or unusual odor
❑ Sexually explicit and pornographic material
❑ Electronic media items, including but not limited to CDs, DVDs, thumb drives, etc.
❑ Other
If you are mailing out the item, attach a completed withdrawal form with a staff signature.
Mail Out: ❑ Yes ❑ No Destroy: ❑ Yes ❑ No
Inmate's Signature Date
Staff Member's Name and Associate# Date
Staff Associate Number:
Date Mailed Out:
Date Destroyed:
402.02.01.001
(Last updated on 04/03/2017)