§ 12-29-106 - Mail to or from inmates.

12-29-106. Mail to or from inmates.

(a) (1) No person without the consent of the Director of the Department of Correction shall bring into or carry out of a prison any letter or writing to or from any convict.

(2) Whoever shall violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall on conviction be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding thirty (30) days, or both fined and imprisoned.

(b) However, all convicts shall have the privilege, under the proper supervision and inspection of the director or his or her employees, to write and receive letters from their relations and friends.