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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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| November 02, 2016

Life Beyond Bars: One Man’s Journey From Prison to College

Juan Echevarria, a former inmate who is pursuing a college degree, on his mother’s couch, where he sometimes has to sleep. Katie Orlinsky (nytimes.com) By Kyle Spencer - NY Times - November 1, 2016...
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| October 28, 2016

'This is slavery': U.S. inmates strike in what activists call one of the biggest prison protests in modern history

By: Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times October 28, 2016  In his 29 years in prison, David Bonner has mopped floors, cooked hot dogs in the cafeteria and, most recently, cut sheets of aluminum into...
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| October 08, 2016

Obama reducing 102 inmates' sentences

President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Obama offered 102 federal inmates the chance to leave prison early, wielding his clemency powers Oct. 6 as part of...
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| October 05, 2016

Brazil’s Infamous Prison Massacre Stirs Controversy 24 Years Later

By LUCIANA MAGALHAES and JEFFREY T. LEWIS - Wall Street Journal Oct. 4, 2016 SÃO PAULO—Fernanda Vicentina da Silva still vividly remembers standing in line as a nine-year-old with her brother and...
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| October 04, 2016

CIA Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling Details Federal Prison’s Scandalous Treatment

by Kevin Gosztola - Shadowproof ​Concerned with the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ failure to provide medical treatment and their indifference toward CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling’s heart...
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| October 04, 2016

Out of Prison, Out of Work

By Justin Fox - Bloomberg  October 3, 2016 About 7 million American men of prime working age (25 through 54) are not in the labor force, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That means they...
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| September 08, 2016

Former cheerleader, drug dealer now an entrepreneur putting Dallas felons to work

Cheri Garcia, founder of Cornbread Hustle, a Dallas staffing agency for felons, speaks to her entrepreneurship program for parolees and people "a little rough around the edges" who want...
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| September 01, 2016

Obama commutes sentences of 111 inmates

President sets record for a single month President Obama on Tuesday commuted the sentences for 111 inmates, the latest in his push to ease harsh penalties given tononviolent drug offenders. Obama...
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