Summary


The proposed rule requires the return address of outgoing legal mail to include the inmate’s identifying information and the return address of incoming legal mail to identify the sender; requires legal mail to be marked as such; clarifies the acceptable methods of packaging legal mail and provides procedures for the return of undeliverable or unauthorized mail; provides methods for translating the letterhead of legal mail written in a foreign language; clarifies that indigent inmates will be provided envelopes for sending legal mail and will receive postage for mailing complaints of inadequate assistance of counsel to the Florida Bar; and incorporates by reference Form DC2-528, Legal Mail – Unable to Deliver.