Telephone systems within correctional facilities; fees and records of communications.

Telephone systems within correctional facilities.Provides that no records of communications made by inmates fromtelephone systems within correctional facilities shall be disclosedwithout a search warrant, except upon the request of an inmate forthe inmate's own records to be disclosed to him or his attorney.The bill requires that each correctional facility create and maintainan audit log for each inmate that shall (i) identify each disclosedrecord and (ii) include a copy of the search warrant issued to obtainsuch record. The bill provides that any records of communicationsobtained unlawfully shall not be admissible as evidence in a prosecutionor civil action. The bill also removes provisions regarding allowableforms of payment and payment rates for calls to numbers on an approved call list using such telephone systems.