HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 485 FILED ON: 1/11/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1641
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Benjamin Swan
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying:
An Act relative to telephone service for inmates in all correctional and other penal institutions in the Commonwealth.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Benjamin Swan | 11th Hampden |
Gloria L. Fox | 7th Suffolk |
Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex |
Ellen Story | 3rd Hampshire |
Jason M. Lewis | 31st Middlesex |
Cory Atkins | 14th Middlesex |
Eileen M. Donoghue | First Middlesex |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 485 FILED ON: 1/11/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1641
By Mr. Swan of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1641) of Benjamin Swan and others relative to telephone service for inmates in correctional institutions. The Judiciary. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE
HOUSE
, NO. 2268 OF 2011-2012.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act relative to telephone service for inmates in all correctional and other penal institutions in the Commonwealth.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 87 of Chapter 127 of Massachusetts General Laws is hereby amended to include “correspondence of, and telephone service for inmates”. The following subsections are hereby added:—
The cost of local and long distance telephone service provided to prisoners in department of correction facilities and county houses of correction shall be the same as the rates charged for comparable residential telephone service.
(b) The department of correction and county houses of correction shall negotiate contracts for local and long distance telephone service on the basis of offering the lowest cost to users. (c) The commonwealth, the department of correction, and the county houses of correction shall not accept commissions or revenues, nor receive any telephone services for their employees at below market rate cost from the provider(s) of prisoner telephone service.
