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Idaho <br />Department of <br />Correction <br /> <br />Standard <br />Operating <br />Procedure <br />Title: <br />Access to Courts <br /> <br />Page: <br />1 of 17 <br /> <br />Control Number: <br />405.02.01.001 <br />Version: <br />6.0 <br />Adopted: <br />08/15/1995 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Chad Page, chief of the division of prisons, approved this document on 01/30/19. <br />Open to the public: Yes <br />SCOPE <br />This standard operating procedure (SOP) applies to all inmates, and to all employees <br />involved in the planning, management, or operation governing the legal activities of inmates <br />housed in the department correctional facilities. <br />Revision Summary <br />Revision date (01/30/2019) version 6.0: Numerous revisions made throughout document: <br />addressed inmate’s right to retain counsel, added to list of paralegal duties, provided <br />clarification in several sections, and added to list of definitions. <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />Board of Correction IDAPA Rule Number ............................................................................. 2 <br />Policy Control Number 405................................................................................................... 2 <br />Purpose ................................................................................................................................ 2 <br />Responsibility ....................................................................................................................... 2 <br />General Requirements ......................................................................................................... 2 <br />1. Supervision of Paralegal Staff ...................................................................................... 2 <br />2. Duties of Paralegal Staff .............................................................................................. 3 <br />3. Legal Resources .......................................................................................................... 4 <br />4. Qualified Legal Claims ................................................................................................. 4 <br />5. Forms for Qualified Legal Claims ................................................................................. 5 <br />6. Process for Requesting Access to Courts Assistance, Services, and Resources ......... 5 <br />7. Mailing and Photocopying Court Documents and Legal Mail ........................................ 7 <br />8. Authorized Photocopies ............................................................................................... 7 <br />9. Service of Documents upon Opposing Parties ............................................................. 9 <br />10. Access to Courts Supplies for Indigent Inmates ........................................................... 9 <br />11. Inmates who are Unable to Complete Forms ..............................................................10 <br />12. Inmate-to-Inmate Assistance .......................................................................................10 <br />13. Telephone Hearings and Attorney Telephone Calls .....................................................10