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Prison Policy Initiative
@prisonpolicy.org

While 1 in 3 families with an incarcerated loved one goes into debt over the cost of prison phone calls, telecom companies line their pockets with billions. It's time to end this vicious exploitation of incarcerated people and their loved ones.

Victoria Law@victorialaw.bsky.social

My latest for @truthout.org examines the impact of free prison calls on families: truthout.org/articles/fre...

truthout.orgFree Phone Calls Saved Incarcerated People and Their Loved Ones $622.5 MillionSix prison systems have implemented free phone calls. A new report examines the impact of free communications.

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Tin Drummer
@adultssuck.bsky.social

This article convinced me that free phone calls are a remarkable tool for rehabilitating & humanizing prison populations. If anything we need more of this - to hell w/ an industry that has made exorbitant fees from the incarcerated, they are truly criminal.