GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	2 

SENATE BILL 365
House Committee Substitute Favorable 7/14/99

Short Title:  Death Row Inmate Restriction.	(Public)

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March 15, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT DEATH ROW INMATES FROM CONTACTING THE FAMILIES OF THEIR VICTIMS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  It shall be the policy of the Department of Correction to prohibit death row inmates from contacting the surviving family members of the victims without the written consent of the family members being contacted.  For purposes of this section, the term "contact"includes arranging for a third party to contact the surviving family members of the victim on the inmate's behalf.
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.