Exorbitant telephone call rates have historically made it almost impossible for loved ones to keep in touch with family and friends behind bars.
With rates as high as $20 per call in some areas, Congress has finally acted, and in 2023, inmates and family members will pay a lot less., which gives the Federal Communications Commission the authority to guarantee reasonable charges for telephone and video calls in correctional and detention facilities.
“This actually undermines a key goal of prisons, which is to foster rehabilitation to foster successful reentry,” Dr. Melissa Hamilton, a senior lecturer of law and criminal justice at the University of Houston Law Center, said at that time. African Americans comprise about 13 percent of the U.S. population, and they also make up 35 percent of inmates.
She said that the profits from the calls are sometimes shared with sheriff’s offices, who say they use the money for security needs.
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