The proposal would restrict routine mail to no more than 15 pages, back and front, per envelope. Senders can also mail up to 10 blank greeting cards or unused sheets of paper with corresponding envelopes, which do not count toward the insert limit. Under the current rule, there is no limit to the number of pages of written correspondence that can be sent with routine mail, and up to 15 inserts like photos and newspaper clippings can be included. Printed copies would cost 25 cents per page for black and white or $1 for color, said Molly Best, deputy communications director with FDC. Under the proposal, original mail would be scanned to a digital copy, which inmates could view on a tablet or kiosk or as a printed copy. Plante said that when the pause is lifted, FDC will have the same remaining number of days to adopt the new rule as it did before. The deadline for adoption was Aug. 16 in the Florida Administrative Law Central Online Network, also known as FALCON. On Thursday, FDC asked for a "tolled filing date," which would indefinitely pause the 90 days, allowing the department more time to answer clarification questions about the rule from the JAPC. Under Florida statute, once an agency publishes a proposed rule, it has 90 days to adopt it, said Ken Plante, coordinator of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee, which oversees proposed rules. The proposal's full text was first published on May 18. Looking to curb contraband coming into prisons, the Florida Department of Corrections has proposed a new rule that would digitize all incoming "routine mail" for inmates, affecting things like personal letters, celebratory cards and photos. Those pieces of memories are still safely stored in boxes at Scott's home in Gainesville, he said. In case you missed it: Plan to digitize prison mail sparks outcry among inmates’ families, advocates "To be able to touch something like that meant the world to me." Correspondence was huge for me," Scott said. "There’s no way to gather the right words together in the right order to fully convey how much that meant to me while I was in prison. Sometimes, Scott's mail would be covered in stick-on jewels and smiley faces, and he knew that outside the prison walls, his daughter had touched the same piece of paper he held in his hands. He received handwritten letters, newspaper cutouts, birthday cards, holiday cards, photos of his young daughter, crossword puzzles and educational materials. Kevin Scott was incarcerated in the Florida state prison system for around three and a half years, or, as he sees it: four birthdays, four Christmases and four of his daughter's birthdays, too.ĭuring his time behind bars from 2012 to 2016, Scott said, physical mail was the only way he could communicate with many friends and family members. Watch Video: Florida Department of Corrections moves to digitize inmate mail
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