You should be allowed to communicate with the outside world freely using various methods of communication such as letters or the telephone. Certain means of communication such as mobile phones may be restricted or prohibited due to security concerns.
Letters and telegrams
You are allowed to send and receive an unlimited number of letters and telegrams while you are in prison. Generally, you will have to pay for sending your letters and telegrams to family friends and other contacts.
If you cannot afford to communicate with the outside world at all, the prison administration must help by providing a pen or paper or similar assistance. In exceptional circumstances, if you cannot afford it yourself, the prison administration has to cover the costs of correspondence with your lawyer and state institutions and international organizations.
Telephone conversations
While you are in prison, you may call your relatives using the prison telephone and you must pay for it. You are not allowed to use a mobile phone in prison.
The number of calls and the length of your conversations may be restricted. Under the Moldovan law, you can make one telephone call per week and their duration depends on the overall frequency of your calls, your status of detained on remand or convicted, of adult or minor, on your behaviour considering the individual program of execution of the penalty and availability of telephone devices.
If you have children up to the age of 7 years, you will benefit of the right of an additional call per week.
What human rights violation may there be?
Your communication with the outside world may be restricted, and if not done lawfully, may violate your right to a private and family life. Read more about the lawfulness of restrictions.
For restrictions on correspondence with your lawyer or state institutions, read the section on privileged correspondence.