HB674:

Telephone systems within correctional facilities; fees and records of communications.

Bill Summary:

Telephone systems within correctional facilities.
Provides that no records of communications made by inmates from
telephone systems within correctional facilities shall be disclosed
without a search warrant, except upon the request of an inmate for
the inmate's own records to be disclosed to him or his attorney.
The bill requires that each correctional facility create and maintain
an audit log for each inmate that shall (i) identify each disclosed
record and (ii) include a copy of the search warrant issued to obtain
such record. The bill provides that any records of communications
obtained unlawfully shall not be admissible as evidence in a prosecution
or civil action. The bill also removes provisions regarding allowable
forms of payment and payment rates for calls to numbers on an approved
call list using such telephone systems.