30:4-8.5 - Furnishing to new arrivals; explanation to non-English speaking prisoners - New Jersey Statutes

30:4-8.5.  Furnishing to new arrivals;  explanation to non-English speaking  prisoners
    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.