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review, may be granted an additional six hours of library time on Fridays by making a request to the Education Department. All requests for additional law library time are, of course, subject to staff availability, number of inmate requests, and security concerns. If the pretrial inmate is pro se, as in representing his/herself, the inmate should provide the Education Department with official court documentation verifying his/her status. There is also a basic law library in the Special Housing Unit (SHU). If the law library does not have the reference material the inmate needs to do the research, the inmate may consult with the Education Department staff on the possibility of requesting additional materials. 2. Access to Computerized Discovery Materials McC New York’s law library has computers which inmates may access during their scheduled law library hours. All electronic discovery materials must be sent in CD-ROM formats instead of DVD disks. MCC New York currently does not have the equipment to support DVDs. Material from DVD disks should be broken down and distributed onto several CDs. MCC New York computers have the capability to play industry standard audio or video files in the following formats: l. video clips of AVI, MPG, MPEG, WMV 2. audio clips of WAV, MP3, WMA 3. documents in PDF form, HTML, TXT, JPG, DOC Due toe licensing issues, MCC New York does not support RealPlayer recorded audio or video formats, CD-RW disks, files made for a non-Microsoft computer {such as MacIntosh) or discovery in non- standard/proprietary format. 3. Leisure Library All housing units have been assigned a time for utilizing the leisure library. Inmates should check the unit bulletin board for days and times scheduled. 4, Service of Process Bureau staff are prohibited from effecting service of process on inmates. MCC New York policy requires that an inmate be served by a federal, state or local law enforcement official (Marshals or Sheriffs). Because service of process occurs within the secure confines of the institution, private process servers, who are not also law enforcement officials, may not serve inmates. The qualified process server must contact MCC New York’s Inmate Systems Management department to schedule an appointment before coming to the institution. Page 16 of 22 DOJ-OGR-00023759