New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 7 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION › Chapter VIII - Institutional Programs › Part 723 - Inmate Telephone Calls › Section 723.3 - General policy relating to all inmate telephone calls

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
Collect calls.
Calls will be made collect, except for calls outside of the
				  continental United States, Canada, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam and
				  Central Northern Marianna Islands and some emergency telephone
				  calls.
(b)
Facility
				telephone schedule.
"Call-home" program operations shall be permitted everyday,
				  including holidays within the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Calls started at
				  11:00 p.m. or earlier will be allowed a full 30-minute call. Calls attempted
				  after 11:00 p.m. will not be processed. Each superintendent will determine
				  suitable time frames for calling within those hours, and a schedule for calls
				  will be established. Every effort will be made to maintain this
				  schedule.
(c)
Monitoring notice.
The following notice shall be posted adjacent to any
				  telephone to be used by inmates advising them that their telephone calls may be
				  monitored. This notice shall be in both English and Spanish and shall
				  state:
NOTICE
ALL INMATE TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO
ELECTRONIC MONITORING AND/OR RECORDING BY DEPARTMENT
				  PERSONNEL.
AVISO
TODAS LAS LLAMADAS TELEPHONICAS DE LOS RECLUSOS PUEDEN
				  SER
ESCUCHADAS POR MEDIOS ELECTRONICOS
YPUEDEN SER GRAVADAS POR EL PERSONAL DEL
				  DEPARTMENTO.
(d)
Negative correspondence and telephone list.
(1) Each facility will maintain a negative
				correspondence and telephone list in the guidance and counseling unit case
				folder of each inmate.
(2) Whenever
				the recipient of an inmate's correspondence or telephone calls indicates, in
				any manner, that he or she does not wish to receive further correspondence or
				phone calls from the inmate, the correspondence unit, the package room, the
				Deputy Superintendent for Security, the Senior Correction Counselor, the
				facility parole office and the inmate shall be notified. Departmental form 3402
				shall be used for notification. A copy will be filed.
(3) Negative correspondence and telephone
				list: The negative correspondence and telephone list shall contain the name of
				any person or business that has indicated, in any manner, that further
				correspondence from the inmate is not desired. If a request to be removed from
				an inmate's telephone or correspondence list is received, a letter of
				confirmation shall be sent to the person making the request. If such a person
				or business indicates, at a later time, that further correspondence is not
				objectionable, the superintendent or his designee may, but need not, direct the
				name of the person or business be removed from the negative correspondence and
				telephone list.
(4) No inmate shall
				continue to submit mail to or make telephone calls to any person or business
				that currently appears on his or her negative correspondence and telephone
				list. Any inmate continuing to do so may be subject to disciplinary action
				and/or monitoring of outgoing mail for a specific period of time.