Racine County Eye on MSN

Rollback of cost relief for calls from jail leaves incarcerated Wisconsinites paying more

For many, the recent holiday season was a time to connect with family. For some, family includes someone incarcerated in one ...
The Connecticut Mirror

FCC allows prisons, jails to charge more for phone and video calls

The Federal Communications Commission voted to roll back limits on how much companies can charge incarcerated people and their families for phone and video calls. The 2-1 vote in late October reverses ...
Yahoo

FCC votes to loosen caps on jail, prison phone calls

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A phone inside the New Orleans jail. A phone inside the New Orleans jail. (Photo by Minh Ha/Verite News) The Federal ...
Sacramento Bee

Increased cost of jail calls threatens prison safety and family ties | Opinion

An inmate makes a phone call from the female dorms of the Ada County Jail. The Federal Communications Commission recently voted to dramatically increase the cost of prison and jail calls. Sarah A.
CNET

Phone Calls Could Get Really Expensive for Nearly 2 Million People Soon

The FCC voted along party lines to set higher caps on prison phone calls, which is expected to increase costs by 83%. Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, broadband, and ...
Boston Herald

Editorial: Pricey prison phone call plan wrong number for taxpayers

It was a progressive masterstroke: give Massachusetts inmates unlimited, free phone calls. What could go wrong? Two years and $12.5+ million taxpayer dollars later, the answer is: plenty. Gov. Maura ...