Existing law provides that an inmate in state prison has specified civil rights, including, among others, the right to confidentially correspond with a member of the State Bar of California. Existing regulations adopted by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation permit an inmate to make a confidential call, as defined, with the inmate's attorney only as approved on a case-by-case basis by the institution head or their designee, as specified.
This bill would require the department to approve an inmate's request to make confidential calls with the inmate's attorney if the attorney's place of work is more than 75 miles from the institution from which the inmate would be making the call. The bill would require the department to provide the inmate at least 30 minutes once per month to make those calls.

Statutes affected:
AB 3043: 1203.1 PEN
02/21/20 - Introduced: 1203.1 PEN
05/11/20 - Amended Assembly: 1203.1 PEN
AB3043: 1203.1 PEN