Rules Arizona
What are you allowed to send your pen pal?
Photos: No Polaroids allowed
Photos can be sent in an letter.
Stationary: stamps are NOT allowed and writing materials not too.
Books and Magazines are allowed, they are allowed 7 reading books (not including religious item), 5 magazines.
You can order books and magazines from bookstores and companies like amazon.com or you can order it too from used bookstores, because used books are allowed too.
Tapes are allowed too as long as they can be seen through the most common is greyish clear tapes. The tapes have to be clear and come from company that do not violate any copyright laws.
They are too allowed to receive correspondence tapes as long as they are clear, and have no music in them. Not even in the background.
Money: You may send money orders. These orders must have your full name and address and the prisoners name and number. They must be made out in US dollars. Ask your bank for directions on money orders. You can use too the website is www.westernunion.com/corrections
This must have the inmates name and D.O.C.# on them
Visitation: They are allowed to put 10 friends on the visitation list. In order to be put on a 10 list the inmate must write to SMU II visitation and request an application at which time it is sent and the inmate then sends the application to you. You must fill it out and send it back to the address of the prison but it must go to SMU II visitation. Then you must wait for 4 weeks for the prison to run a background check. The inmate will be notified if you are approved to visit. If you are you can visit a total of 4 hours a week, each visit will be 2 hours. So you are allow 2 - 2 hour visits.
As for special visits. We are allowed to have one special visit a month and there must be a reasonable explanation for the visit such as you live out of state or country and can not visit regularly. The visits can be scheduled for all the days that death row can receive visits which is a total of 14 hours. Here are the days and times we are allowed visits:
Friday 2pm to 4 pm
Saturday 8 am to 10 am and 2pm to 4pm
Sunday 11 am to 1 pm and 2pm to 4pm
Monday 8am to 10am and 11 am to 1 pm
Phone calls: You can not be called to your cell phone and all calls are recorded and randomly are listened in on. All calls are collect and international calls are permitted as long the number is on the inmate’s 10 list. Calls to or in the United States are 10 minutes long and can be called 2 times. We are allowed to call every 8 days.
International collect calls are different as we must leave our cells and we are only allowed one call a month for 15 minutes total. So the counsellor must approve the time and date of the call as he/she makes the call and must use a collect call company. Most come for Germany is 1-800-292-0049 and then the number
Update: September 2009
What are you allowed to send your pen pal?
Photos: No Polaroids allowed
Photos can be sent in an letter.
Stationary: stamps are NOT allowed and writing materials not too.
Books and Magazines are allowed, they are allowed 7 reading books (not including religious item), 5 magazines.
You can order books and magazines from bookstores and companies like amazon.com or you can order it too from used bookstores, because used books are allowed too.
Tapes are allowed too as long as they can be seen through the most common is greyish clear tapes. The tapes have to be clear and come from company that do not violate any copyright laws.
They are too allowed to receive correspondence tapes as long as they are clear, and have no music in them. Not even in the background.
Money: You may send money orders. These orders must have your full name and address and the prisoners name and number. They must be made out in US dollars. Ask your bank for directions on money orders. You can use too the website is www.westernunion.com/corrections
This must have the inmates name and D.O.C.# on them
Visitation: They are allowed to put 10 friends on the visitation list. In order to be put on a 10 list the inmate must write to SMU II visitation and request an application at which time it is sent and the inmate then sends the application to you. You must fill it out and send it back to the address of the prison but it must go to SMU II visitation. Then you must wait for 4 weeks for the prison to run a background check. The inmate will be notified if you are approved to visit. If you are you can visit a total of 4 hours a week, each visit will be 2 hours. So you are allow 2 - 2 hour visits.
As for special visits. We are allowed to have one special visit a month and there must be a reasonable explanation for the visit such as you live out of state or country and can not visit regularly. The visits can be scheduled for all the days that death row can receive visits which is a total of 14 hours. Here are the days and times we are allowed visits:
Friday 2pm to 4 pm
Saturday 8 am to 10 am and 2pm to 4pm
Sunday 11 am to 1 pm and 2pm to 4pm
Monday 8am to 10am and 11 am to 1 pm
Phone calls: You can not be called to your cell phone and all calls are recorded and randomly are listened in on. All calls are collect and international calls are permitted as long the number is on the inmate’s 10 list. Calls to or in the United States are 10 minutes long and can be called 2 times. We are allowed to call every 8 days.
International collect calls are different as we must leave our cells and we are only allowed one call a month for 15 minutes total. So the counsellor must approve the time and date of the call as he/she makes the call and must use a collect call company. Most come for Germany is 1-800-292-0049 and then the number
Update: September 2009