37 TAC § 380.9317. Visitation with Personal Clergy
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Texas Administrative Code › Title 37 PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS › Part 11 TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT › Chapter 380 RULES FOR STATE-OPERATED PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES › 37 TAC § 380.9317
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(a) Purpose. The purpose of this rule is to provide youth with privileged access to their personal clergy.
(b) Visitation.
(1) A personal clergy member is someone from a recognized faith group who has an established, professional relationship with a youth and/or the youth's family prior to the youth's admission to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD).
(2) TJJD approves the clergy member's registration to visit after his/her religious affiliation and relationship to the youth are verified.
(3) Youth may receive visits from their personal clergy member any day of the week after reasonable arrangements have been made.
(4) TJJD provides adequate space and supervision for the visit. TJJD ensures the space allows the youth to have confidential conversation with his/her personal clergy, but correctional staff maintain line-of-sight supervision.
(5) The personal clergy member is only allowed to visit the youth with whom he/she has an established professional relationship.
(6) A youth may decline a visit with a personal clergy member. The parent/guardian of a youth under age 18 may prohibit a visit between his/her child and a personal clergy member.
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