Code of Massachusetts Regulations
103 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
Title 103 CMR 482.00 - Telephone Access And Use
Section 482.07 - Inmate Telephone Use for Court, Attorney Contact, Consular Officer/Diplomat Contact, Pre-aproved Ordained Clergymen Contact, and Licensed Psychologist, Social Worker, and/or Mental Health and Human Service Professionals Contact

(1) Telephone calls to pre-authorized attorney, consular officer/diplomat numbers, or the Global Access numbers, shall not be suspended or curtailed except in accordance with 103 CMR 482.06(4) or 482.08. Telephone calls to pre-authorized attorney numbers, consular officer/ diplomat numbers, or the Global Access numbers, shall not be subject to telephone monitoring or recording.

(2) Inmates shall be allowed to make unmonitored and unrecorded collect/debit telephone calls to their designated and pre-approved ordained clergymen, pre-approved and licensed psychologists, social workers, and/or mental health and human service professionals.

No clergyperson employed by the Department of Correction and no professional employed by the Department, or contracting to provide services on behalf of the Department, may be designated by an inmate, nor shall such individuals be pre-approved for Pin number purposes.

In order to complete the pre-approval process, the inmate must provide a designation of the clergyperson or professional and a letter from the clergyperson or professional attesting to the professional relationship that exists with the inmate. The Superintendent may require additional documentation as necessary.