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| April 23, 2026

FCC Prison Phone Rate Caps 2026: What Changed and What It Means for Your Family

Published on April 23, 2026, by InmateAid Table of Contents Introduction What the FCC Does and Why It Matters The Rollercoaster: 2024 to 2026 The New Rate Caps — Effective April 6, 2026 Does This Affect Your Facility? What Has Not Changed What You Can Do Right Now What to...

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| September 27, 2012

Smartphones in Prison: The New File in the Cake

By Sandy Fitzgerald Monday May 14, 2012 Prisoners behind bars are cut off from the rest of the world, except for the occasional visit and some mailed-in letters. But the same tools people "on...
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| September 25, 2012

United States Circuit Court of Appeals

This InmateAid Resource includes links to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in all eleven districts, plus every link to all 50 state's District Appellate courts plus Puerto Rico and Guam. U.S....
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| September 25, 2012

Inmates help homeless

Plastic bags crocheted into sleeping mats 9/25/2012 About a dozen residents on a prison unit where women get help preparing to re-enter society work on the 6-foot-by-4-foot sleeping mats, which are...
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| September 24, 2012

After Jail and Release, New Fame as an Author

Damien Echols at one his favorite New York haunts, Sacred Tattoo in SoHo, a tattoo parlor where he is treated as a customer, celebrity and friend. Arriving from a life spent largely in solitary...
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| September 24, 2012

Barnstable county inmates to learn to bake cakes

BOURNE, Mass. (AP) - Inmates at the Barnstable County Correctional Facility may soon be taught how to bake their own cakes. Files sold separately. Barnstable County Sheriff James Cummings announced...
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| September 24, 2012

Inmates work outside of prison, prepare for release into society

LITTLEROCK, Wash. — The birdman of Alcatraz became famous. But the frogmen of Cedar Creek are still anonymous beyond the tiny cult world of amphibian science. For now, they say. Mat Henson, 25,...
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| September 23, 2012

Starting A Business, With Those Skills Learned In Texas Prison

Colleen DeBaise October 23, 2008 Now here’s something you don’t see everyday: A program that helps convicted felons turn the talents they’ve learned in prison – such as making and peddling...
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| September 23, 2012

Think Outside the Cell: an Entrepreneur's Guide for the Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated

November 6, 2008 The following is an excerpt from the book Think Outside the Cell: an Entrepreneur's Guide for the Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated by Joseph Robinson. He began...
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