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| Inmate families to get lower phone rates |
| By The Spokesman Review |
| Published: 11/17/2006 |
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OLYMPIA, WA For years, some of the most expensive phone calls in the state have come from the phones installed inside Washington's prisons. A 20-minute call from Airway Heights to a relative in Tacoma? Nearly $22. That changes today. After years of bitter complaining by the families of prison inmates, some of them working extra jobs to help pay the cost of hearing a loved one's voice, Washington's Department of Corrections today launched new phone rates at every prison in the state. In-state, long-distance calls up to 20 minutes will now cost a flat $3.50. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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