N.H. Admin. Code § Cor 306.01 - Contraband

(a) Items identified as contraband shall fall into 2 general categories:

(1) Items not allowed anywhere on departmental property; and

(2) Items not allowed inside departmental facilities that must be secured either in a visitor's vehicle or within a locker available in a visitor reception area.

(b) Contraband items not allowed anywhere on departmental property shall consist of the following:

(1) Any substance or item whose possession is unlawful for the person or the general public possessing it;

(2) Any explosive device, bomb, grenade, dynamite or dynamite cap, or detonating device including primers, primer cord, explosive powder, or similar items, or simulations of these items; and

(3) Lock-picking kits or tools or instructions on picking locks, making keys, or making surreptitious entry or exit.

(c) Neither visitors from the general public nor department employees shall be permitted to have in their possession items not allowed anywhere on departmental property.

(d) Contraband not allowed inside departmental facilities shall include the following:

(1) Any firearm, simulated firearm, or device designed to propel or guide a projectile against a person, animal, or target;

(2) Any bullets, cartridges, projectiles, or similar items designed to be projected against a person, animal, or target;

(3) Any drug item, whether medically prescribed or not, in excess of a one-day supply or in such quantities that a person would suffer intoxication or illness if the entire available quantity were consumed alone or in combination with other available substances;

(4) Any intoxicating beverages;

(5) Knives and knife-like weapons;

(6) Clubs and club-like weapons;

(7) Maps of the prison vicinity or sketches or drawings or pictorial representations of the facilities, its grounds, or its vicinity;

(8) Sums of money or negotiable instruments in excess of $100;

(9) Pornography or pictures of visitors or prospective visitors undressed;

(10) Radios capable of monitoring or transmitting on the police band in the possession of other than law enforcement officials;

(11) Identification documents, licenses, and credentials not in the possession of the person to whom properly issued;

(12) Ropes, saws, grappling hooks, fishing line, masks, artificial beards or mustaches, cutting wheels, or string, rope, or line impregnated with cutting material, or similar items to facilitate escapes;

(13) Balloons, condoms, false-bottomed containers, or other containers which could be used to facilitate transfer of contraband;

(14) Tobacco products, except those secured in a visitor's locked vehicle; and

(15) Cellphones not issued by or approved in writing by the department.

(e) Contractors and vendors that can demonstrate a need shall obtain approval to bring cellphones into a facility by petitioning the warden and receiving such permission in writing.

(f) Departmental-issued cellphones shall be those cell phones issued through the department's division of administration.

Notes

N.H. Admin. Code § Cor 306.01

(See Revision Note at chapter heading for Cor 300) #7448, eff 2-6-01; ss by #9383, INTERIM, eff 2-3-09, EXPIRES: 8-3-09; ss by #9508, eff 7-8-09

Amended by Volume XXXVII Number 41, Filed October 12, 2017, Proposed by #12396, Effective 9/29/2017, Expires 3/28/2018. Amended by Volume XXXVIII Number 15, Filed April 12, 2018, Proposed by #12502, Effective 3/23/2018, Expires 3/23/2028. Amended by Volume XXXIX Number 19, Filed May 9, 2019, Proposed by #12763, Effective 5/1/2019, Expires 5/1/2029.