Source: Prison Policy Initiative. The report focuses on jails and state-run prisons only. Federal prisons are overseen by the Federal Bureau of Prisons and have separate contracts and rates.
In the past several years, there has been significant progress in bringing the costs of calls from correctional facilities down. Last year, Sen. Tammy Duckworth D-Ill. The turnover in jails is much higher; prisoners are in and out, so there are fewer people advocating long-term change.
But jails are run by local governments. Currently, two companies, Securus and GTL, dominate the market. Tonya Riley. Tim Murphy. Marisa Endicott. Samantha Michaels. Ali Breland. Dave Gilson. Jackie Flynn Mogensen. Molly Quell. Edwin Rios. We have a new comment system!
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