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Committee advances bill to expand free communications for incarcerated and civilly confined people
Summary
House File 1861 would expand free communications for people in state custody to include video calls and electronic messaging and extend coverage to certain civilly confined individuals; fiscal questions and monitoring procedures were discussed and the bill was re‑referred to Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Representative Ajbaja introduced House File 1861, which would expand a 2023 law that made telephone calls free for incarcerated people to include video calls and electronic messaging and to cover persons civilly confined by state programs. The author said research shows that maintained family connections reduce recidivism.
Antonia Jeffrey of Worth Rises (via Zoom) testified in support and cited experience from other states. Jeffrey projected the…
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