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MA H3304

Relative to telephone service for inmates in all correctional and other penal institutions in the Commonwealth


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Introduced
01/22/2019
In Committee
01/22/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to telephone service for inmates in all correctional and other penal institutions in the Commonwealth. The Judiciary.

AI Summary

This bill amends Chapter 127 of the Massachusetts General Laws to include "correspondence of, and telephone service for inmates" in state correctional and county detention facilities. The bill sets the cost of local and long-distance telephone service for prisoners at the same rate as comparable residential telephone service. It also requires the Department of Correction and county houses of correction to negotiate contracts for telephone service on the basis of offering the lowest cost to users, and prohibits the state, the Department of Correction, and county houses of correction from accepting commissions, revenues, or below-market rate telephone services for their employees from providers of prisoner telephone service.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (7)

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H5081 (on 11/12/2020)

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