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Are both sides charged for inmate phone calls
No, both of you are not being charged for the same call.…
No, both of you are not being charged for the same call. The prompt asking you to “press 1 to accept” is standard for nearly all inmate phone systems and does not automatically mean you are paying.
That message serves two purposes:
It notifies you that the call is coming from a correctional facility
It asks you to accept the call connection
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