Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 291 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Division 130 - TELEPHONES (INMATE)
Section 291-130-0006 - Definitions

Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 291-130-0006

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024

(1) Access to Inmate Telephone System: An inmate's use of a personal identification number (PIN) and validated voice recognition to connect to the inmate telephone system.

(2) Functional Unit Manager: Any person within the Department of Corrections who reports to either the Director, Deputy Director, an assistant director, or an administrator and has responsibility for the delivery of program services or coordination of program operations. In these rules, the functional unit manager is the superintendent of an institution or the Inspector General.

(3) Inmate Telephone System: The system authorized by the Department of Corrections to facilitate inmate telephone calls and video interactive phone (VIP) calls.

(4) Legal Telephone Calls: Telephone calls between an inmate and his/her attorney or the attorney's documented representative(s), legal aid bureaus, or other organizations as deemed appropriate by the department.

(5) Media Representatives:

(a) Persons whose principal employment is with an accredited media organization;

(b) Unaffiliated persons who produce credentials or other written documentation from an accredited media organization evidencing that the media organization has contracted with the person to purchase his/her completed work or project;

(c) Unaffiliated persons who are affiliated with a department contractor or volunteer in connection with a department program or service; or

(d) Authors of books who produce credentials or other written documentation that a commercial publisher has contracted to purchase their completed work/project.

(6) Officer in Charge: That person designated by the functional unit manager to supervise the facility and make operational decisions in accordance with policy, rule or procedure during periods when the functional unit manager or officer of the day are not readily available.

(7) Personal Identification Number (PIN): An assigned number used by an inmate to access the inmate telephone system.

(8) Prepaid Call: A telephone call placed by an inmate using funds paid in advance from a telephone account.

(9) Telephone Services: Telephone calls, VIP calls, and voice messages afforded to inmates through the inmate telephone system.

(10) Third Party VIP Call: Any VIP call wherein the original called party logs out of the established session and provides another party with a different IP address and sufficient information to log into the established VIP call. This includes any communication between the inmate and a third party utilizing the IP address.

(11) Three-Way Call: Any call that uses an intermediary call to bridge communication to a third party. This includes any communication between the inmate or the original called party with a third party not in the same location.

(12) Unaffiliated persons: Freelance writers, independent filmmakers, producers, and other persons who do not meet the definition of media representatives.

(13) Video Interactive Phone (VIP) Call: A call that has video interactive capabilities in which the parties are able to see and hear one another.

Stat. Auth.: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075

Stats. Implemented: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075 Procedures

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