Inmates may place collect telephone calls during their inside exercise period. Other calls may be allowed as necessary. Inmates are also provided one half hour of nondenominational religious counseling per week. If an inmate's spiritual needs cannot be met by prison clergy or volunteers, an outside spiritual advisor may be brought in. Educational materials are provided to inmates upon written request although subject to review.
Inmates also work as tier orderlies, in-house painters and yard orderlies.
Inmates are allowed reasonable visitations, but all visiting is non-contact. It is the policy of the Department of Corrections to discharge its statutory responsibility to carry out death sentences while maintaining the safety and security of institutions as well as department staff and their families. Consistent with these policies, executions are conducted in a manner designed to protect the anonymity of department staff and other persons involved. Witnesses to executions agree not to describe, so as to identify, any staff. Except as provided by statute, no employee of the Department of Corrections shall be required to participate in the execution of an inmate sentenced to death.