Bill Text: IN HB1233 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Stationery and postage for indigent offenders.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-11 - First reading: referred to Committee on Interstate and International Cooperation [HB1233 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-HB1233-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 11-11-3-5.
Synopsis: Stationery and postage for indigent offenders. Provides that
the department of correction (DOC) shall provide every indigent
offender, without cost, a reasonable amount of stationery, envelopes,
and postage for transmission of correspondence. Provides that other
offenders may purchase stationery, envelopes, and postage, and that all
offenders may use interoffice mail to communicate with the DOC and
with other agencies of state government. Specifies that the DOC shall
provide offenders with the ability to prepare and send legal mail
without charge. (Under current law, the DOC is required to provide all
offenders with stationery, envelopes, and postage.)
Effective: July 1, 2010.
January 11, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Interstate and International
Cooperation.
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(b) In accordance with rules adopted by the department, the department shall provide every indigent offender, without cost, a reasonable amount of stationery, envelopes, and postage for transmission of correspondence.
(c) In accordance with rules adopted by the department, offenders shall have the ability to use interoffice mail without charge to correspond with the department and with other agencies of state government.
(d) In accordance with rules adopted by the department, offenders shall have the ability to prepare and send legal mail without charge.
(e) The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this section.