31-235

31-235. Prisoner correspondence;
definitions

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 section 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 section 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 section 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 section
13-3004.

2. "Remote computing service" has the same meaning prescribed in section 13-3004.