The Government established the obligations and sanctions for teleoperating companies against illegal communications made from prisons and rehabilitation centers throughout the country.
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This was stated in Legislative Decree No. 1688, published in an extraordinary edition of the legal regulations of the official newspaper El Peruano.
Provisions
The device indicates that the operators will restrict radio signals from public telecommunications services in prisons with exceptions due to security needs.
In this framework, they must adopt mechanisms that prevent illegal calls and messages in prisons and rehabilitation centers, and that reinforce the technological security systems and/or equipment implemented by government entities.
The rule establishes that operating companies must inform the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights and Osiptel about the cuts made in the facilities.
In this sense, it is pointed out public mobile service and/or blocking of mobile terminal equipment or fixed wireless terminals due to prohibited use in penitentiary establishments or youth centers, within 24 hours of the procedure.
In addition, operating companies must provide information on ownership data of the equipment and cellular line from which communications are made, as well as a reporting of incoming and outgoing calls.
As indicated, infractions due to failure to comply with said obligations are classified as minor, serious and very serious, and are classified in the regulations of the legal device, states Legislative Decree No. 1688.
The MTC has the power to supervise and sanction teleoperators for failure to comply with said obligations.
