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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 12.02.14.01" title_num="12" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="14" heading="Inmate Access to Telephone.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Definitions. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Emergency Telephone Call.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Emergency telephone call” means a telephone call for an inmate which involves:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Serious family illness;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Injury or death of a family member; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Other serious matters as determined by appropriate institutional personnel.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Emergency telephone call” does not mean:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Routine communication with lawyers or the courts; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Matters which may be handled by mail.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Family” means an inmate's spouse, natural grandparents, parents, siblings, children, grandchildren, and persons who have these relationships through adoption.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Inmate telephone” means a telephone exclusively available for inmate use.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Institutional telephone” means a telephone which is used to conduct institutional business and is not available for inmate use, except for an emergency telephone call conducted under staff supervision.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Restriction and Suspension of Telephone Privilege.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Except when an emergency telephone call is authorized, an inmate may not use an institutional telephone for legal communication. An inmate shall use an inmate telephone when available, or the mail service.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An inmate may make a nonemergency telephone call only on a designated inmate telephone available within the institution at the expense of the inmate or the person called.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A warden or designee may suspend or revoke an inmate's telephone privilege if:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The inmate violates institutional procedures; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Complaints are made by a:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Telephone company representative, or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Person who has received an inmate's call.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A warden or designee may suspend an inmate's telephone privilege for security reasons.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A warden or designee shall ensure that an inmate's access to a telephone does not interfere with an institution's operations, including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Programs;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Work assignments; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Institutional inmate counts.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>