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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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| August 09, 2018

CAPTIVE AUDIENCE: How Companies Make Millions Charging Inmates to Send Email

For companies like JPay, the business model is simple: Whatever it costs to send a message, prisoners and their families will find a way to pay it. By Victoria Law - Wired Last July, as she has for...
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| July 30, 2018

Actress outwits authorities, skips jail by missing Rikers bus

She played the system better than any of her TV roles. An aspiring actress was sentenced to weekends in jail for a check-cashing scheme — but repeatedly outwitted authorities by signing in for the...
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| July 30, 2018

White Supremacist leader dies in prison, leaving behind bloody legacy in Bay Area

Barry Byron Mills, the murderous leader of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang, was found dead July 8 in his single-person cell inside the United States’ most secure federal prison, in Florence,...
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| July 27, 2018

364 Idaho Inmates Hacked Their Prison Tablets for Free Credits

JPay's System Compromised By Catalin Cimpanu - July 27, 2018 Idaho prison officials announced yesterday in a press release that they've identified 364 inmates who have exploited a vulnerability...
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| July 17, 2018

No Bail for Alleged Spy Maria Butina

Department of Justice - July 16, 2018 A criminal complaint was unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging a Russian national with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation...
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| July 13, 2018

Child molester beaten to death in California prison days after he arrived

He went to prison for raping a child — days later, an inmate killed him Agustin Duran, a convicted child molester, had a good chance of spending the rest of his life behind bars. The 66-year-old...
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| July 13, 2018

Kellen Winslow Jr. faces additional charge of raping unconscious 17-year-old in 2003

Winslow Jr. facing three rape charges spanning 15 years Winslow was arrested last month on nine charges and faces a life in prison.  July 12, 2018 SAN DIEGO, California - Kellen Winslow II, a...
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| July 09, 2018

The Cost of Communication: How the families of inmates are forced to pay exorbitant rates for phone calls

How the families of inmates are forced to pay exorbitant rates for phone calls By Michael Alwill - July 5, 2018 For every 1,000 people in the United States about 7 of them are in prison, which...
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