Sec.18-81-28. Definitions

For the purposes stated herein, the following definitions apply as used in Sections 18-81-28 through 18-81-51 inclusive as follows:

(a) "Collect Call Only Telephones" means telephones which allow for outgoing calls on a collect call basis only and which are available in areas specified by the Unit Administrator for inmate use.

(b) "Contraband" means anything not authorized to be in an inmate's possession or anything used in an unauthorized or prohibited manner.

(c) "General Correspondence" means all correspondence not defined as privileged communication in Subsection (e) of this Section.

(d) "Inspection" means a physical and visual examination of the actual contents, which shall not include the reading of the correspondence.

(e) "Privileged Communication" means any telephone call placed on behalf of an inmate by the facility or any written correspondence addressed to or received from federal, state and local (e.g., municipal, county or town) elected and appointed officials, including but not limited to the following:

(1) Any judge or court.

(2) The Governor.

(3) The Legislature.

(4) The Attorney General.

(5) The Commissioner of Correction or any Department official appointed by the Commissioner.

(6) The Board of Parole.

(7) The Sentence Review Board.

(8) The Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.

(9) The State Claims Commissioner.

(10) The Board of Pardons.

(11) Elected Government officials.

"Privileged communication" shall also mean any telephone call placed on behalf of an inmate by the facility or any written correspondence addressed to or received from the Connecticut Correctional Ombudsman or attorneys. The word "attorneys" shall include organizations providing legal services to inmates.

(f) "Publication" means a book (for example, novel, instructional manual), or a single issue of a magazine or newspaper, plus such other materials addressed to a specific inmate as advertising brochures, flyers and catalogues.

(g) "Recording and Listening" means the recording and listening, including electronic recording of the number(s) called, on-line listening, recording of inmate telephone conversations and subsequent listening to recordings of inmate telephone conversations.

(h) "Review" means a visual examination of an inmate's general correspondence, which may include, but shall not be limited to, reading the correspondence.

(i) "Unit" means an organizational component of the Department, subordinate to a Division or subdivision, administered by a Unit Administrator. A unit may be a correctional facility, a community service unit, or other special service unit.

(Effective August 18, 1993)