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§ 53.1-1.1 Telephone systems within correctional facilities

The Department shall offer debit or prepaid telephone systems, in addition to any existing collect calling systems, which allow telephone calls to be placed to the telephone number or numbers on an approved call list. Such telephone systems shall be established with the lowest available rates. The maximum number of telephone numbers permitted on an approved call list shall be no fewer than 20. The Department shall not receive any commission from such telephone systems.

History

This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 612 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2024, chapter 455.

2005, c. 612; 2024, c. 455.

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