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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
A. The department shall mark all mail written by a prisoner committed to the state department of corrections indicating that the mail was sent from a prison maintained by this state.
B. An inmate shall not send mail to the victim of the offense for which the inmate was convicted, or to members of the victim's family or household denoted by the victim, if the victim has requested not to receive mail pursuant to § 13-4411.01. The department shall inform the inmate of persons to whom the inmate is forbidden to send mail pursuant to this section and § 13-4411.01. The department shall impose appropriate sanctions, including reducing or denying earned release credits, against an inmate who corresponds or attempts to correspond with a person in violation of the request pursuant to § 13-4411.01.
C. An inmate shall not send mail to or receive mail from a communication service provider or remote computing service. The department shall impose appropriate sanctions, including reducing or denying earned release credits, against an inmate if either of the following applies:
1. The inmate corresponds or attempts to correspond with a communication service provider or remote computing service.
2. Any person accesses the provider's or service's internet web site at the inmate's request.
D. On receipt of notice that an inmate has violated subsection B or C of this section, the department shall review all of the inmate's outgoing mail to ensure that no further correspondence is sent to the victim or to the victim's family or household members who have requested not to receive inmate mail or to the communication service provider or remote computing service or any person who accesses the provider's or service's internet web site.
E. For the purposes of this section:
1. “Communication service provider” has the same meaning prescribed in § 13-3004.
2. “Remote computing service” has the same meaning prescribed in § 13-3004.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arizona Revised Statutes Title 31. Prisons and Prisoners § 31-235. Prisoner correspondence; definitions - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/az/title-31-prisons-and-prisoners/az-rev-st-sect-31-235/
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