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| Prison call rate cuts help inmates, hurts jail budgets |
| By detroitnews.com- Melissa Nann Burke |
| Published: 11/09/2015 |
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Shawn Moss wanted to phone his family but couldn’t afford to call because of the price of prison phone calls and the $1.14 a day he makes at his prison job. “I am not able to keep in touch with my two children and my parents, to keep close relations with them,” Moss, 37, wrote from the Ojibway Correctional Facility. “If these rates would be reduced, it would be possible for me to keep up with my children at school and be a part of their lives weekly.” Moss was among hundreds of inmates and family members appealing to the Federal Communications Commission for relief from the often exorbitant cost of calls from correctional facilities across the country. Michigan state inmates pay $2.70 to $3.45 for a 15-minute call, not including taxes and fees. Read More. |
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