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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 28, 2012

Crime and punishment in California Prison can't be the state's primary tool to fight crime.

Prison can't be the state's primary tool to fight crime. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's data show that people serving one, two or three years have the same...
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| November 26, 2012

Monroe prison inmates restoring bikes for the needy

MIKE SIEGEL / THE SEATTLE TIMES  -  Inmate Marvin Chapman adjusts a derailleur cable while working on a bike at the prison repair facility. Officer Wayne George, who also volunteers in the program...
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| November 26, 2012

The 'silent victims' of incarceration: Coping with parents in prison

By Wayne Drash - Monday, November 26, 2012 In Nepal, some children grow up in prison with their parents because there isn't a social safety net large enough to care for them. (CNN)-- The boy was...
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| November 25, 2012

Inmate Michael Santos shares prison survival strategies

Sam Whiting  -  Saturday, November 24, 2012 On a break from his desk job in Petaluma, Michael Santos climbs into his Chevy compact and drives to a quiet hillside estate, hands on the wheel at 10...
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| November 23, 2012

Prison book programs aid inmates to unlock their minds from confinement

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — For people behind bars in six Appalachian states, they are one of the few forms of escape — hundreds of used books, wrapped in brown paper and stacked thigh-high under a table,...
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| November 23, 2012

Inmates from Rikers Aid Victims of the SuperStorm Sandy

Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times  Inmates at Rikers Island load clothes and linens into a giant industrial washing and drying machine, which was installed in July. There are plenty of unsung...
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| November 20, 2012

San Quentin State Prison's Richmond Group focuses inmates on reentry and life after prison

By Nicole Jones With one of the highest crime rates in the country, Richmond, California, is a regular on the evening news. Zoom out to just California and that crime rate looks even higher: the...
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| November 20, 2012

10 Immigration Detention Centers (ICE) Called Worst in U.S.

A series of reports released on Thursday call for the closure of 10 jails and prisons holding immigrants across the country, charging substandard medical care, lack of due process and geographic...
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