An inmate uses a phone at the Cook County Jail in Chicago in 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File) RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — Family members of inmates told a Fourth Circuit panel Thursday they are ...

Two lawsuits filed this week accuse Michigan sheriff's offices of colluding with large prison telecom companies to end face-to-face jail visitations and then price gouge families who are forced to ...

Starting Friday, Aug. 1, phone calls from New York state prisons will be free under a new agreement between the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) and telecom ...

Phone calls from prison used to cost 11 cents a minute. Now through Securus, they’re cheaper, but the connection — a “lifeline” for many — is poor. MONROE — Jacob Schmitt used to spend hours every day ...

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Starting Friday, Aug. 1, phone calls from New York state prisons will be free under a new agreement between the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) and telecom ...

A man plays a game in the Brothers in Arms cell block, a new veteran-focused program, at the Harris County Joint Processing Center, part of the county jail system, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in ...

A federal rule prohibiting jail and prison phone companies from paying a commission to law enforcement has prompted the Baxter County sheriff to announce he will remove the phones inmates use to ...

The move will save the loved ones of the state’s more than 30,000 prisoners over $13 million a year, advocates say. By Samantha Latson New York will make phone calls free for incarcerated people ...

Phone calls from Lancaster County Prison will soon cost less for inmates and their families, after county commissioners Wednesday approved a change in the contract for the service. A flat rate of 15 ...

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 long been a target of ...

In 2021, Bryan Collier, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said that tablets would “fundamentally change” communication for the state’s more than 100,000 prison inmates.