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| AT&T fined for overcharging prison calls |
| By The Associated Press |
| Published: 01/18/2008 |
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WASHINGTON - AT&T has been fined more than $300,000 for overcharging families of prison inmates for collect phone calls from two Eastern Washington state prisons, the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission announced Thursday. The phone company will also have to issue $67,295 in refunds to the families of the prisoners at Airway Heights Corrections Center in Spokane and the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. The commission identified 29,971 violations in phone-rate charges during a four-month period in 2005 at the two prisons. One individual had 400 separate collect calls that were overcharged by $2,110, and 22 others were overcharged $500 each, according to commission spokeswoman Marilyn Meehan. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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