WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) - Hefty phone bills for inmates in U.S. prisons and jails were slashed by the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday, affecting about 2 million incarcerated ...

Fees Texas inmates pay to make calls will be slashed under recently approved federal regulations. High rates that had averaged 23 cents a minute for Texas jail inmates have long been a target of ...

Sheriff John Montgomery of Baxter County, Arkansas, isn’t going to take it anymore—if by “it” you mean “having to offer lower phone call rates to incarcerated inmates.” Noting that such phone calls ...

LAKES CHARLES, La. (WKRC) - A man allegedly convinced jail workers he was a judge with a single phone call, reducing the bail of an inmate to the point where he was immediately released. The employees ...

Inmate testified Robertson staged a fake rescue call instructing someone to hide canned goods in an underground pipe. FBI evidence shows Foster’s phone stopped at 4:09 a.m. and Robertson and Walker’s ...

DeKalb County officials say one escaped inmate made a phone call asking for a ride. Deputies reviewed the call, which helped lead to that inmate’s capture. Mike Johnson gives update on Jan. 6 plaque ...

One phone call wasn't enough for an inmate at the Winona County jail. Henry Lee Doyal, 54, is in jail after he was arrested earlier this month in a domestic assault outside a Winona hotel. Deputies ...

An inmate at the Erie County Correctional Facility was crying as he ended a telephone conversation Wednesday morning. He went into the shower area of his housing unit and hanged himself, a well-placed ...

The Pipestone County Sheriff’s Office is warning the public about a recent scam involving their inmate listings.