Iowa Code § 904.310A
Information or materials — distribution
Redline — January 1, 2012 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2020
As of January 1, 2012
The director shall, as necessary, provide suitable space for reading material for inmates. For purposes of this section, “reading material” does not include material depicting or describing the genitals, sex acts, masturbation, excretory functions, or sadomasochistic abuse which the average person, taking the material as a whole and applying contemporary community standards with respect to what is suitable material for inmates, would find appeals to the prurient interest and is patently offensive; and the material, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, scientific, political, or artistic value. The space shall be located so that any visitors, other than those authorized pursuant to section 904.512, shall not be able to view the space or the materials located within that space.
1. Funds appropriated to the department or other funds made available to the department shall not be used to distribute or make available any commercially published information or material to an inmate when such information or material is sexually explicit or features nudity.
2. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section.
90 Acts, ch 1251, §29
90 Acts, ch 1251, §29
C91, §246.310A
C91, §246.310A
91 Acts, ch 258, §38
91 Acts, ch 258, §38
C93, §904.310A
C93, §904.310A
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