GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	3 

SENATE BILL 365
House Committee Substitute Favorable 7/14/99
Third Edition Engrossed 7/15/99

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 forward communications from the inmate to the surviving family members of the victim.
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.