AB121: Revises provisions relating to incarcerated persons. (BDR 16-138)

Legislative Summary

AN ACT relating to incarcerated persons; requiring institutions and facilities of the Department of Corrections to provide incarcerated persons with original, physical copies of mail under certain circumstances; authorizing the Director of the Department to adopt regulations exempting the Department from the requirement to provide incarcerated persons with original, physical copies of mail under certain circumstances; requiring such institutions and facilities and city or county jails and detention facilities to provide notification to certain persons of a critical medical condition of an incarcerated person; requiring such institutions, facilities and jails to provide an opportunity for an incarcerated person to call a friend, relative or other person to provide notification of a critical medical condition of the incarcerated person under certain circumstances; requiring such institutions, facilities and jails to ensure the timely filling of prescriptions; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.