A proposed Missouri bill by State Senator Rusty Black would limit the rate inmates pay to make phone calls. SB50 states that correctional centers should provide offenders with reasonable access to ...
Updated 3:14 p.m. Thursday: South Dakota Department of Corrections released an updated memo Thursday on phone and tablet-based call limits for state prison inmates. According to the DOC memo, the ...
The Federal Communications Commission voted last week to end what it called exorbitant phone and video call rates that have hindered incarcerated people from communicating with their families for ...
After the first free call required by law, inmates in the Wake County Jail who want to reach the outside world must call collect, and the county is collecting thousands on those calls. After the first ...
BOSTON (WWLP) – Several states, communication companies, and direct-action groups are suing the FCC for a policy mandating a cap for phone and video call rates for inmates. The Federal Communications ...
DARTMOUTH, Mass. (WPRI) — Inmates in Massachusetts are currently allowed to make free unlimited calls. But Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux is expressing concern over the costly service. The ...
One Friday night, TikToker @themrsw learned that her 16-year-old daughter received a phone call from an inmate at a state correctional facility. The phone calls kept coming until she eventually ...
THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – Fees Texas inmates pay to make calls will be slashed under new Federal regulations approved this month. High rates that had averaged 23 cents a minute for Texas jail inmates have ...
OMAHA Jail officials have squashed for the final time, they hope inmates' attempts to make free, unmonitored calls to family and friends. Officials at the Douglas County Correctional Center have ...