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For inmates, their friends and families, talk isn’t cheap in jail |
By .theolathenews.com - Mark Morris |
Published: 08/09/2013 |
KANSAS - Granted, Joseph Camp is a chatty guy, but was all that talk worth $250 a month? That’s about what Jeannette Frank, a close family friend, spent on phone calls to stay in touch with Camp while he was jailed in Kansas for three years on federal computer hacking charges. Frank estimated that she spent up to $750 the month before he pleaded guilty in April. Talking on the phone in jail can be expensive, and on Friday the Federal Communications Commission will consider whether to impose rate caps on jail and prison phone calls and take other measures to help inmates’ friends and family members lighten what can become a heavy economic burden. Read More. |
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