• The correctional home authorities provide Vodafone with a list of inmates opting under the project.
• Vodafone creates a unique account for each of the inmates opting for the project by assigning him / her a unique ID No. and a mobile no.
• The subscriber inmate is asked to specify three No.s at the time of his / her admission in correctional home which are fed into the data base.
• Only outgoing calls can be made from the telephone booth facilities.
• No calls to numbers not notified by the inmates at the time of admission are allowed by the system itself.
• All the calls are recorded and available to the authorities for review up to a period of 15 days.
• In case of high security prisoners the record of the conversation is preserved for longer duration.
• The inmate is allowed to make two calls per week (total 8 calls in a month) of five minutes each on any of the pre-notified three nos.
• The phone gets automatically disconnected after five minutes.
• The inmate and or his relation pays Rs. 50/- per month in lieu of the service.

The facility, we hope, will bring following benefits:

• Lesser harassment of family members who have to travel long distances to meet their near and dear ones lodged in correctional homes;
• Better mental health of the inmates as a result of regular communication with family members ;
• Increased security as lesser turn out of relatives for interview at the correctional home;
• Protection of the prisoners’ right to communication with relatives and friends granted under Section 79 (2) (i) of the West Bengal Correctional Services Act, 1992;
• Lesser corruption in the system.