MA H3304

Bill

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

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)

Mike Connolly (D), Marcos Devers (D), Mindy Domb (D), Carlos González (D), Mary Keefe (D), José Tosado (D), Bud Williams (D),

Last Action

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

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3304

(11 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3304
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3304.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1338	To improve public safety by facilitating access to addiction services	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H1369	Limiting the use of prison labor	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H1539	Establishing reasonable limitations on the solitary confinement of inmates 21 years of age or younger	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H1724	Improving the mental health examination process of inmates at places of detention	Accompanied a study order, see H5098	Similar To
H3431	Authorizing sheriffs to impose fees	Accompanied a study order, see H5081	Similar To
H3452	Relative to telephone service for inmates in all correctional and other penal institutions in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see H5148	Similar To
H5081	Study Order	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Replaced by
S1357	Protecting inmate safety and the expenditure of state funds	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1372	Relative to inmate telephone calls	Referred to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
S1391	Relative to education and programming for the incarcerated	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1430	Relative to inmate telephone call rates	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To

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