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Committee hears bill to make prison phone calls and tablets free for incarcerated people
Summary
Representative Strom Peterson told the House Community Safety Committee on Jan. 28 that House Bill 1301 would require DOC and DCYF to provide voice communications at no cost to callers or recipients and to preserve existing access levels to phones and tablets.
Representative Strom Peterson, prime sponsor of House Bill 1301, told the House Community Safety Committee that the bill would remove the financial burden on families by requiring voice communication services to be provided at no charge to people in DOC and DCYF custody and to their contacts.
Committee staff summarized the bill's main provisions: voice communication must be free for both the initiating and receiving party; DOC and DCYF may not receive revenue from the services; DOC must preserve the number of wall phones per…
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