00                       CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 307(STA)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to living conditions for prisoners."                                                                   
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 33.30.015(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
04            (a)  The commissioner may not                                                                                
05 (1)  make per capita expenditures for food for prisoners in a state                                                     
06 correctional facility operated by the state that exceed 90 percent of per capita                                        
07 expenditures for food that is available to enlisted personnel in the United States Army                                 
08       stationed in the state;                                                                                           
09                 (2)  provide, in a state correctional facility operated by the state,                                   
10 (A)  living quarters for a prisoner into which the view is                                                              
11 obstructed; however, the commissioner is not required to renovate a facility to                                         
12 comply with this subparagraph if the facility is being used as a correctional                                           
13 facility on August 27, 1997, or if the facility was already built before being                                          
14            acquired by the department;                                                                                  
15                      (B)  equipment or facilities for publishing or broadcasting                                        
01            material the content of which is not subject to prior approval by the department                             
02            as consistent with keeping order in the institution and prisoner discipline;                                 
03                      (C)  cable television service other than a level of basic cable                                    
04            television service that is available as a substitute for services that are broadcast                         
05            to the public in the community in which a correctional facility is located;                                  
06                 (3)  allow a prisoner held in a state correctional facility operated by the                             
07       state to                                                                                                          
08                      (A)  possess in the prisoner's cell a cassette tape player or                                      
09            recorder, a video cassette recorder (VCR), or a [COMPUTER OR] modem of                                       
10            any kind;                                                                                                    
11                      (B)  view movies rated "R," "X," or "NC-17";                                                       
12                      (C)  possess printed or photographic material that                                                 
13 (i)  is obscene as defined by the commissioner in                                                                       
14                 regulation;                                                                                             
15 (ii)  could reasonably be expected to incite racial, ethnic,                                                            
16 or religious hatred that is detrimental to the security, good order, or                                                 
17                 discipline of the institution or violence;                                                              
18 (iii)  could reasonably be expected to aid in an escape or                                                              
19                 in the theft or destruction of property;                                                                
20 (iv)  describes procedures for brewing alcoholic                                                                        
21 beverages or for manufacturing controlled substances, weapons, or                                                       
22                 explosives; or                                                                                          
23 (v)  could reasonably be expected to facilitate criminal                                                                
24                 activity or a violation of institution rules;                                                           
25 (D)  receive instruction in person, or by broadcast medium, or                                                          
26 engage in boxing, wrestling, judo, karate, or other martial art or in any activity                                      
27            that, in the commissioner's discretion, would facilitate violent behavior;                                   
28 (E)  possess or have access to equipment for use in the activities                                                      
29            listed in (D) of this paragraph;                                                                             
30                      (F)  possess or have access to free weights;                                                       
31 (G)  possess in the prisoner's cell a coffee pot, hot plate,                                                            
01 appliance or heating element for food preparation, or more than three electrical                                        
02            appliances of any kind;                                                                                      
03 (H)  possess or appear in a state of dress, hygiene, grooming, or                                                       
04 appearance other than as permitted as uniform or standard in the correctional                                           
05            facility;                                                                                                    
06 (I)  use a computer other than those approved by the                                                                    
07 correctional facility; the use of a computer under this subparagraph may be                                             
08 approved to facilitate the prisoner's rehabilitation or the prisoner's                                              
09 compliance with a reentry plan or case plan developed under                                                         
10 AS 33.30.011, including use related to [ONLY AS PART OF THE                                                         
11 PRISONER'S] employment, education, [OR] vocational training, access to                                              
12 legal reference materials, visitation, or health care [AND MAY NOT BE                                               
13            USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE];                                                                                 
14                      (J)  smoke or use tobacco products of any kind.