Title 22 . Department of Corrections

Chapter 5 . Sex Offender Treatment Providers

Section 530. Prisoner phone calls

22 AAC 05.530. Prisoner phone calls

(a) The commissioner will establish procedures by which a prisoner may periodically make phone calls of a personal nature to maintain contact with his or her family or attorney.

(b) In order to preserve the security and orderly administration of the correctional facility and to protect the public, facility staff members may monitor or record prisoner telephone calls and conversations on visitor intercommunication phones as long as a sign placed near the prisoner's extension advises the prisoner that the conversation is subject to monitoring or recording. A prisoner's call to an attorney may not be monitored unless authorized by a court.

(c) The superintendent may limit a prisoner's access to a telephone, except to call an attorney, if reasonable grounds exist to believe that the prisoner's use of a telephone threatens the security of the facility or the protection of the public. A prisoner who is classified maximum custody, or who is placed in punitive segregation or administrative segregation because the prisoner poses a threat to others or to the security of a correctional facility, may not have access to a telephone except (1) to communicate with an attorney, (2) to otherwise communicate as provided in 22 AAC 05.015, or (3) in an emergency as determined appropriate by the superintendent.

History: Eff. 9/10/77, Register 63; am 1/9/87, Register 101

Authority: AS 33.30.011

AS 33.30.021

AS 33.30.231

AS 44.28.030