inmate telephone system service contracts.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and official text do not provide specific details on enforcement mechanisms or impacts on existing contracts.

Rules for Inmate Phone Services

This law sets rules about contracts for phone services used by inmates in Arizona prisons.

What This Bill Does

• The state department of corrections cannot enter into a contract or agreement that allows the department to accept revenue in excess of its reasonable operating cost for inmate telephone system services.
• Contracts must not include commissions, profit sharing, percentage payments, up-front signing bonuses, inflated rent payments, or the supplying of technologies unrelated to actual telephone service.

Who It Names or Affects

• The state department of corrections
• Companies that provide inmate telephone services

Terms To Know

Department of Corrections (DOC)

The government agency in charge of managing prisons and other correctional facilities.

Inmate Telephone System

A phone system used by people who are in prison to call their families or others outside the prison.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if a company breaks these rules.
• It is unclear how this will affect existing contracts between the DOC and phone service providers.

Official Summary Text

SB1775 - inmate telephone system service contracts.

Current Bill Text

SB1775 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
inmate telephone system service contracts.

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1775

Introduced by

Senator
Gonzales

AN
ACT

amending title 41, chapter 11, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-1604.21; relating to the
state department of corrections.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 41, chapter 11, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-1604.21, to read:

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41-1604.21.

Inmate telephone system service contracts; prohibited terms

The department may not enter into a contract or
agreement for inmate telephone system services that Allows the department to
accept or receive revenue in excess of the department's reasonable operating
cost for establishing and administering the inmate telephone system services
, including a contract or agreement that Allows
commissions, profit sharing, percentage payments, up-front signing bonuses,
inflated rent payments or the supplying of technologies that are unrelated to
the actual telephone service.
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