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Officials looking to reduce price of jail inmates' phone calls
By latimes.com- Lee Romney
Published: 07/07/2014

Domingo Howard is a "single pops" to a 5-year-old girl he is raising by working part-time jobs. His 24-year-old son, meanwhile, landed in the San Francisco County Jail in January.

As "the only person" his son can count on, the two speak on the phone often, Howard said, but the costs of staying in touch have soared to as much as $400 a month, plunging the 42-year-old warehouse worker into debt.

"It's way out of control," he said. "It's a stress on me and the rest of my family — to be able to keep up with just normal living and be able to be there for my son at the same time."

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