Section 17 Department of Correction No Cost Calls
Chapter 127 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 87 the following section:-
Section 87A. (a) For the purposes of this section, the terms "state correctional facilities", and "state prison" shall have the same meanings as in section 1 of chapter 125.
(b) The department of correction shall provide individuals incarcerated in or civilly committed to a Massachusetts state correctional facility or state prison, with phone calls free of charge to the person initiating and the person receiving the phone call for no more than 1,000 minutes per month per incarcerated or civilly committed individual.
Summary
This section requires the Department of Correction to provide incarcerated individuals in state correctional facilities with free of charge phone calls (both to and from the individual) for no more than 1,000 minutes per month.