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| Phone call rates squeeze inmate families, boost state prison revenues |
| By insidetucsonbusiness.com- Agnel Philip |
| Published: 04/29/2015 |
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Shayna Palles says phone calls are one of the few ways she can keep her 2-year-old daughter connected to her father, David Colbert, who is serving a 7.5-year prison term in Tucson for second-degree burglary. “Having him sucked out of her life like that, it’s a shame to me,” she said. “I think that that’s the most tragic part of it is knowing the relationship they could have had and did have and knowing that they were such close friends, like buddies, and so similar. I don’t want her to ever think she did something wrong or that her daddy didn’t want to be here.” listen But connecting with her husband for the 15 minutes allowed each day has proven to be costly. Because she has a non-local number, Securus Technologies, which handles prisoner phone calls for the Arizona Department of Corrections, charges her $6 for every 15-minute call she accepts on her cellphone and $5.60 if the money comes from her prepaid account with the company. Read More. |
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