A proposed Missouri bill by State Senator Rusty Black would limit the rate inmates pay to make phone calls. SB50 states that correctional centers should provide offenders with reasonable access to ...

Inmate Larry Stone made enough money to post bond and get out of jail. July 28, 2011 — -- Some clever inmates at the Lake County Jail in Florida figured out a money-making scheme by allegedly ...

Topline: A new program that gives unlimited free phone calls to Massachusetts prisoners cost taxpayers $12.5 million in fiscal year 2025, according to the Boston Herald. Key facts: The program was ...

A 26-year-old Carson City man was booked Monday for 281 counts of alleged violation of a domestic violence temporary ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Several states, communication companies, and direct-action groups are suing the FCC for a policy mandating a cap for phone and video call rates for inmates. The Federal Communications ...

Sheriff John Montgomery of Baxter County, Arkansas, isn’t going to take it anymore—if by “it” you mean “having to offer lower phone call rates to incarcerated inmates.” Noting that such phone calls ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Massachusetts’ policy of allowing inmates to make phone calls at no cost to recipients is affecting the budget for Hampden County jails. The policy, designed to help inmates maintain ...

TROUP COUNTY, Ga. (WRBL) — The Troup County Sheriff’s Office has provided insight as to why some families have been unable to ...

A federal rule prohibiting jail and prison phone companies from paying a commission to law enforcement has prompted the Baxter County sheriff to announce he will remove the phones inmates use to ...

Inmates in New York State’s prisons will no longer have to pay for phone calls in a new policy initiative announced Tuesday. Under the plan, which goes into effect Aug. 1, phone calls made by inmates ...