Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - Operations Manual

Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

Article 21 – Inmate Use of Telephones

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52060.13 Notice of Monitoring

  • A conspicuous notice, in the English and Spanish languages, shall be posted at each telephone installation where inmates are normally permitted to make personal outside calls.

    • The notices shall read: Any call placed on this telephone may be monitored and recorded without prior notice to the caller or the person called.

    • Use of this telephone constitutes consent to monitoring, recording, and acceptance by the caller of the responsibility to inform the person called that their conversation may be monitored and recorded.

    • When outside calls are permitted from a telephone where this notice is not posted, the staff member authorizing the call shall verbally inform the inmate of the notice information.