Elimination of the Paid Postage Policy for Prison Inmates
December 8, 2016 03:38 PM to All Senate Members
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Senator Lisa Boscola
D Senate District 18
Memo
In the near future, I intend to reintroduce legislation amending the Prisons and Parole Code to discontinue the current policy within the Department of Corrections that provides inmates with postage-paid envelopes for personal use.
Currently, the Department of Corrections provides inmates with 10 postage paid envelopes per month. With the various means of making money for inmates, through prison jobs, idle pay, etc., many in the correctional field believes this free postage is a wasteful use of resources. Elimination of postage paid envelopes will save the corrections budget approximately $2.7 million annually.
I invite you to join me as a co-sponsor of this bill. This is a reintroduction of SB 452 from the previous legislative session. Co-sponsors included: Costa, Scarnati, Wozniak, Eichelberger, Folmer, Hutchinson, Mcgarrigle, Rafferty, Scavello, Stefano and Vulakovich.
Currently, the Department of Corrections provides inmates with 10 postage paid envelopes per month. With the various means of making money for inmates, through prison jobs, idle pay, etc., many in the correctional field believes this free postage is a wasteful use of resources. Elimination of postage paid envelopes will save the corrections budget approximately $2.7 million annually.
I invite you to join me as a co-sponsor of this bill. This is a reintroduction of SB 452 from the previous legislative session. Co-sponsors included: Costa, Scarnati, Wozniak, Eichelberger, Folmer, Hutchinson, Mcgarrigle, Rafferty, Scavello, Stefano and Vulakovich.
Legislation
Document - Introduced as SB 126
Last updated on January 12, 2017 12:01 PM
Elimination of the Paid Postage Policy for Prison Inmates
December 8, 2016 03:38 PM to All Senate Members
Circulated By
BOSCOLA
Memo
In the near future, I intend to reintroduce legislation amending the Prisons and Parole Code to discontinue the current policy within the Department of Corrections that provides inmates with postage-paid envelopes for personal use.
Currently, the Department of Corrections provides inmates with 10 postage paid envelopes per month. With the various means of making money for inmates, through prison jobs, idle pay, etc., many in the correctional field believes this free postage is a wasteful use of resources. Elimination of postage paid envelopes will save the corrections budget approximately $2.7 million annually.
I invite you to join me as a co-sponsor of this bill. This is a reintroduction of SB 452 from the previous legislative session. Co-sponsors included: Costa, Scarnati, Wozniak, Eichelberger, Folmer, Hutchinson, Mcgarrigle, Rafferty, Scavello, Stefano and Vulakovich.
Currently, the Department of Corrections provides inmates with 10 postage paid envelopes per month. With the various means of making money for inmates, through prison jobs, idle pay, etc., many in the correctional field believes this free postage is a wasteful use of resources. Elimination of postage paid envelopes will save the corrections budget approximately $2.7 million annually.
I invite you to join me as a co-sponsor of this bill. This is a reintroduction of SB 452 from the previous legislative session. Co-sponsors included: Costa, Scarnati, Wozniak, Eichelberger, Folmer, Hutchinson, Mcgarrigle, Rafferty, Scavello, Stefano and Vulakovich.
Document
Introduced as SB 126
Last Updated
January 12, 2017 12:01 PM
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