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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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| December 14, 2023

The Prison of an Invisible Fence

I thought an ankle monitor would feel like freedom. Instead, it reminded me of the weight of my new world. BY AARON M. KINZER Dec 13, 2023 This is part of Time, Online, a Future Tense series on how...
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| December 14, 2023

Fast-food chains use Alabama prison inmates as slave labor, lawsuit alleges

By Amy Yurkanin | ayurkanin@al.com December 13, 2023 A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday said prisoners in Alabama have been denied parole and forced to work jobs at fast food restaurants as part of a...
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| December 03, 2023

New York punished 2,000 prisoners over false positive drug tests

By Mysoon Khan, Associated Press November 30, 2023 ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s prison system unfairly punished more than 2,000 prisoners after tests of suspected contraband substances falsely...
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| November 24, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Life Behind Bars: Crypto Tips and Paying With Fish

FTX founder learns that mackerel is a jailhouse currency and shares a dorm with other high-profile defendants Mackerel packets, known as ’macks,’ are a favored federal jailhouse currency after...
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| November 22, 2023

Bureau Of Prisons Backtracking On First Step Act Law

By Walter Pavlo - Forbes November 22, 2023 It has been five years since President Donald Trump signed the sweeping criminal justice regulation called the First Step Act (FSA). FSA allowed many...
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| November 17, 2023

'I got you!' Former inmate pulls wounded Houston officer to safety after shootout

James Powel, USA TODAY Thu, November 16, 2023 A Houston man who said he "has been to jail a million times" became a hero when he helped pull a wounded police officer to safety during a...
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| November 17, 2023

Gov Kathy Hochul signs 'Clean Slate' law, sealing criminal records of previously convicted New Yorkers

Under the law, a person's felony records will be sealed eight years after conviction or release from prison; three years for a misdemeanor New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Clean Slate Act...
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| November 13, 2023

NFL’s Harrison Butker, Notre Dame give $10,000 to group creating ‘monastic village’ for ex-inmates

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, which was closed in 1989 and sold, which the Serenelli Project is hoping to purchase (left), and a home for ex-inmates reentering society owned by the Serenelli...
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