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Allowable Property
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Prisoners in USMS custody may retain the following types
of Property while detained in a contract detention
facility or a Federal institution: |
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Legal papers or
materials. These materials should be relevant to
the current or draft court proceedings. |
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Religious medals.
One medal may be retained only if it is of a size and
weight which poses no threat as a potential weapon or
escape device. |
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Eye glasses or contact lenses, with
case. |
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Prescribed medicine and
health items. (Will be provided by the contract
jail facility. |
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Up to fifty dollars in
U.S. currenty. (Placed in commissary account by
family member/friends after defendant is processed into
the federal/state and county facility). |
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Wedding band. Rings
with stones are not authorized. No rings other than a
plain wedding band are permitted. |
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Court Clothing
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One set of court clothing
will be allowed. Court clothes will be brought to the
United States Marshals Office at least one hour prior to
scheduled trial or sentencing proceedings. No civilian
clothes are authorized for any other court procedures.
No metal tie clips or any other jewelry will be
permitted.
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Family members or assigned attorneys are
responsible to pickup all clothes after the court
hearing. Excess prisoner property will be disposed of
in accordance with Marshals Service Policy. |
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Unallowable Property
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At the time of processing,
any property that is unallowable will be taken away from
the prisoner. Un-allowed property taken from a prisoner
that is illegal or could be dangerous will be documented
and reported to the U.S. Marshal (USM). Unallowable
prisoner property should be given to the arresting
agents for disposal. |
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Excess Prisoner Personal
Property |
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Prisoner Property
Disposal: If unallowable prisoner property
cannot be given to the arresting agent or the agent
refuses to take the property, any of the following
methods will be used to dispose of it: |
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Mail by certified mail or
transfer, with a written receipt to next of kin, the
prisoner’s attorney, or another individual designated by
the prisoner. |
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Mail by certified mail or
transfer the property to a storage company to be stored
at the prisoner’s expense. Arrangements for storage of
property will be made by the prisoner or his/her
attorney directly with a storage company. |
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Obtain written authorization
from the prisoner to donate the property to a charitable
organization of the USM’s choice or destroy the property
(throw it away). If the prisoner does not authorize the donation of property, it will be
considered abandoned after 30 days and will be destroyed
or donated by the USM. |
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Prisoners will complete
mailing labels for property that desire to have mailed
at the time of processing. The property should be
placed in suitable mailing containers provided by the
USMS and sealed by the prisoner. |
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Prisoner Property
Inventory: District offices will prepare a notice
to all prisoners and give it to them during processing.
It should state the following:
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UNITED
STATES MARSHALS SERVICE PERSONAL PROPERTY
Persons remanded to the
U.S. Marshals Service custody are not allowed to retain
excess personal property beyond that which has been
described to you during processing. You have been given
an opportunity to have all excess property transferred
to your attorney or a relative, shipped to a home
address, etc. Any excess property which is not disposed
of within 30 days will be considered abandoned and will
be destroyed or otherwise disposed of by the U.S.
Marshals Service. |
