Section 303.49. Unauthorized use of the mail.


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  • Any inmate who does any of the following is guilty of unauthorized use of the mail:
    (1)  Uses a postal service to communicate with a person with whom the inmate has been denied correspondence privileges.
    (2)  Sends through the mail anything which could be considered contraband.
    (3)  Makes or alters any postage stamp or alters or erases a postal cancellation mark or possesses any postage stamp that has been altered.
    (4)  Mails any letter or parcel on which is affixed a canceled postage stamp.
    (5)  Uses a forged, counterfeit, or altered document, postage stamp or postal cancellation mark.
    (6)  Attempts to circumvent the requirements under s. DOC 309.04 by sending a letter to a destination with the intent it be forwarded.
    (7)  Sends food through the mail.
    (8)  Sends a foreign substance, body fluids, or body wastes, including hair, through the mail.
    (9)  Sends correspondence which harms, harasses, or intimidates any person.
    (10)  Falsifies the identity or location of the actual recipient of a letter or parcel.
    (11)  Mailing or attempting to mail items using a non-institution mailbox or mail collection.
CR 11-022 : cr. Register September 2014 No. 705 , eff. 1-1-15; correction in numbering in (1) to (11) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1. , Stats., Register September 2014 No. 705 .