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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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| January 01, 2013

Ex-inmates need social support after prison

December 31, 2012 The Sandy Hook Elementary shootings have affected us all in different ways. As a mother of 1- and 3-year-old boys and a virtual master’s of social work student through the...
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| December 30, 2012

Life looking up for ex-inmate; 22-year-old's experiences show highs, lows of system

RECORD SEARCHLIGHT FILE PHOTO  -  Aaron Betancourt, 22, right, shown with Randy Cates, 39, fill out job applications earlier this year at the Mt. Shasta Mall in Redding. Both men were among the...
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| December 30, 2012

Ruling on prison phone costs stalled

Grandmother fought for years to lower expense TRACY A. WOODWARD/WASHINGTON POST  -  Martha Wright-Reed, 86, called her grandson, Ulandis Forte, whose childhood photo is at left, when he was in...
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| December 30, 2012

FCC wants to lower sky-high prison phone call rates

In the age of free phone calls and Skype, one group of people is still paying exorbitant rates for talk time: prisoners. The bill for a typical 15 minute state-to-state call tops $16 in some areas....
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| December 30, 2012

Keeping Parolees Out of Prison

Encouraged by the federal Second Chance Act of 2008, which aims to promote correctional reform, several states have cut recidivism by giving newly released inmates access to drug treatment or...
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| December 26, 2012

In prison, working to help the blind read

Alexa Garza, 33, who is serving 20 years for murder at the Mountain View state women’s prison, works to translate textbooks into Braille for the blind.  Photo: Johnny Hanson, Houston Chronicle / ©...
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| December 24, 2012

Holidays in prison: Season can be a painful reminder of what inmates miss

Danny Givens is celebrating his fifth holiday season back home with his mother, Bernita Givens-Osborn, and other family members after spending 12 years in prison for aggravated assault. The Golden...
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| December 24, 2012

Efforts to “ban the box” continue

If Assembly Bill 1831 passes the California State Assembly, it will become the latest victory in a nationwide effort to “ban the box.” The “box” refers to the place on job applications which asks...
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