HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 637 FILED ON: 1/16/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 966
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Chynah Tyler
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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 adoption of the accompanying bill:
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: | Date Added: |
Chynah Tyler | 7th Suffolk | 1/16/2017 |
Mike Connolly | 26th Middlesex | 2/1/2017 |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester | 1/26/2017 |
Tricia Farley-Bouvier | 3rd Berkshire | 2/1/2017 |
Paul R. Heroux | 2nd Bristol | 2/2/2017 |
Mary S. Keefe | 15th Worcester | 1/31/2017 |
Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex | 2/3/2017 |
Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk | 2/3/2017 |
Juana B. Matias | 16th Essex | 2/1/2017 |
Timothy R. Whelan | 1st Barnstable | 1/17/2017 |
Bud Williams | 11th Hampden | 1/30/2017 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 637 FILED ON: 1/16/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 966
By Ms. Tyler of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 966) of Chynah Tyler and others relative to telephone service for inmates in correctional institutions. The Judiciary. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1614 OF 2015-2016.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)
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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.