Section 1 of this bill requires the Department of Corrections to establish and administer a pilot program to provide telephone calls free of charge between offenders in the custody of the Department who have been assigned to Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center and the families of such offenders. Section 1 requires the pilot program to provide such an offender with a 15-minute telephone call each day to a member of the family of the offender free of charge. Finally, section 1 requires the Department to prepare and submit to the Board of State Prison Commissioners a report concerning the participation of offenders in the pilot program.
Section 2 of this bill expires the provisions of section 1 on January 1, 2025.