PLATTSBURGH -- For the second time this year, families and friends of the estimated 63,000 inmates in state correctional facilities will see a drop in rates for collect phone calls made from prisons.

She said the local rate for a 15-minute inmate collect call in Mississippi is $2.85, while a 15-minute long-distance call is $14.55. In Texas, the rates are $3.90 for a local collect call and $6.45 ...