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Spitzer: Cut cost for phone calls
By The New York Times
Published: 01/09/2007

ALBANY, NY - Gov. Eliot Spitzer struck an early blow at the policies of his predecessor on Monday, sharply reducing steep Pataki-era charges that relatives and friends of inmates in New York State's prisons have had to pay on collect telephone calls from them.

The governor's move, effective April 1, came one day before state lawyers were to appear before the state's highest court to defend the old policy, under which inmates were charged far higher fees than the public would be for the same calls. Read more.

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