Then in April 2023, electronic tablets came to our prison. They doubled as phones. All of a sudden, we went from sharing phones with 1,600 people to each having our own. The stress evaporated, and the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The cost for California state prisoners to ...

‘Unlimited is unreasonable’: House Republicans, sheriffs call for limits on free inmate phone calls The program, designed to help inmates stay connected with their families, is drawing scrutiny over ...

New York prison inmates will receive free phone calls, ending what one group called a “remarkable burden.” The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision announced the policy change ...

It has been rare in Washington in recent years for anything to pass with bipartisan support. That is doubly true when talking about incarcerated people and criminal justice generally. So, in the rare ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections announced a pilot program to provide free phone calls to individuals in custody. Starting Nov. 3, each person in custody will receive 775 free domestic phone ...

In 2023, Massachusetts passed the No Cost Communication law allowing inmates to make an unlimited amount of calls from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The law was passed with the hope to take the burden off of ...