Mail


Prisoners may correspond with anyone unless such correspondence jeopardizes the safety of a person, a prisoner's rehabilitation, or the security of the institution. Therefore, prisoners may not correspond with their victims, persons they are court ordered not to contact, and people under the age of 16 to whom they are not related.

Prisoners may receive through the mail correspondence, photos, magazines, paper back books, newspapers, money orders, cashier's checks, and certified checks for $500 or less. No other items may be received by prisoners without pre approval from the Superintendent. If family and friends send in items other than those detailed above, the prisoner is required to disburse them at his or her expense.

All mail, unless it is considered "Privileged Mail" will be opened outside the presence of the prisoner and inspected for contraband. If it appears to contain information that is prohibited, it will be read for content and the prisoner will be provided written notification that the mail was read unless notice would hamper an investigation of criminal activity referred to in the communication.

Mail to prisoners should be addressed as follows:
(Prisoners full name)
Fairbanks Correctional Center,
1931 Eagan Ave. Fairbanks, AK 99701


Prisoners may NOT receive postage stamps through the mail.



PROHIBITED MAIL

Prohibited Mail is any mail that:

Contains plans or threats of physical harm or other criminal activity;

Contains contraband, plans for sending contraband into or out of the institution, or indicates other activities prohibited under 22 AAC 05.400, Prohibited Conduct For Prisoners;

Is written in a code that the reader cannot understand;

Solicits gifts, money, credit, or contractual purchases without the approval of the Superintendent or designee;

Contains information that, if communicated, would create a risk of mental or physical harm to a person;

Contains material that could reasonably be expected to aid an escape, or incite or encourage any form of violence; or

Contains audio or video tapes.


CONTRABAND

Mailed contraband includes: any item not available through regular facility channels, anything of a criminal nature, I.E., drugs, or items that could be used in an escape attempt, any mail with decorative stickers on, or in the envelope, musical cards etc., personal checks, any item which may be obtained through the commissary, powder or liquid (including but not limited to glue), any package which does not have the prior approval of the property officer, envelopes with pre-affixed postage not part of the envelope, I.E. of the type issued by the U.S. Postal Service. Items containing contraband will be returned to the sender with notification to the prisoner and the sender.


http://www.correct.state.ak.us/corrections/Institutions/fcc/mail.htm

Phone

When a prisoner places a call, a recorded message is played to the recipient which advises them that the call is from an inmate in a correctional facility. The recipient is then provided with the option to accept or reject the call. This allows a person who does not wish to speak to a prisoner to hang up the phone with out ever having to speak with the prisoner.

Local calls are free. All long distance must be placed collect with the exception of the Central Arizona Detention Center which also allows prisoners to use prepaid calling cards. Evercom is currently in the process of securing permission from the Alaska Public Utilities Commission to use prepaid calling cards in Alaska facilities. Charges for collect calls vary as to whether they are to locations in or out of Alaska and depending on the distance.

Collect calls go on the recipients regular phone bill in areas in which Evercom can execute a billing agreement with the local telephone company. Due to technology issues, many local Alaskan telephone exchanges are not able to provide Evercom with billing services. Persons in these areas who wish to receive collect calls from Alaska prisoners must set up a billing account with Evercom and make advance payment for the amount of time her or she wishes to speak with the prisoner. To set up an account, Evercom should be contacted on its toll-free number 888-678-5668 and which is in operation from 6:00 am to 8:00 PM Alaska time.

Sometimes during a call to a prisoner a person exceeds the amount of time he or she has made advanced payment for. If that occurs, Evercom does not simply cut off the call but allows it to be completed and carries the charge to be deducted from the next payment. Below is an explanation of common reasons prisoners are not able to make collect calls to some telephone numbers.

Local Exchange Blocked. In these cases, Evercom has placed a block on the number the prisoner wants to call because no billing account has been set up for that number. Evercom should be contacted and an account set up.

High Toll Block. In these cases, Evercom has placed a block on the number the prisoner wants to call because a large number of collect charges have accrued. In order to control the size of unpaid collect charges, Evercom places a limit on the amount of unpaid charges. Evercom should be contacted and arrangements made to remove the block by paying for the charges. The way to avoid this in the future is to prepay for a larger amount of time.

Answering Machine Deny. The system will not permit a call to go through to an answering machine.


PIN Block on Site. These prisoners have been restricted from calling a particular number.

3rd Party and Call Forwarding, Many Alaskans have extra options on their telephones such as 3rd party calling and call forwarding. Use of , or access to, these types of options is not allowed by Alaskan prisoners, When use of these is found, the number will me permanently blocked.




http://www.correct.state.ak.us/corrections/Institutions/fcc/telephone.htm