State correctional facilities; DOC to provide telephone calls and communication services.

State correctional facilities; telephone callsand communication services. Requires the Department of Correctionsto provide telephone systems and web-based or electronic communicationssystems free of charge to any person, whether such person is initiatingor receiving the communication. The bill also requires that a minimumratio of one telephone per every 10 inmates be available within each housing unit at each correctional facility and that the maximumnumber of telephone numbers permitted on an approved call list mustbe no fewer than 20.