Bill > S07981

This bill amends the New York Correction Law to create parity for incarcerated individuals' telephone services when making international calls to family members outside the continental United States, Canada, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands. It requires the Department of Corrections to establish rules and regulations that impose the same restrictions on the duration, number of calls, or use of unit/facility phones for these international calls as for calls to family members within those designated areas. The bill aims to ensure equal access and treatment for incarcerated individuals when communicating with family members abroad.