FCC Wants to Cap Cost of Phone Calls to and From Prison
Move is latest attempt to reform overlooked corner of telecom worldOctober 1, 2015Regulators are taking aim at prison phone-call charges.The Federal Communications Commission has circulated to its members a proposal to impose strict rate caps on the amount telecoms charge for...
Senators reach deal to reduce prison time for some offenders
Congress moving closer to reducing federal prison population Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., center, speaks about criminal justice reform, accompanied by a bipartisan group of senators, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. A...
Even In Prison, Health Care Often Comes With A Copay
By Michelle AndrewsSeptember 30, 2015Correctional facilities have to provide health services to people who are incarcerated, but that doesn't mean the care is free of charge. In most states, inmates may be on the hook for copayments ranging from a few dollars to as much as...
Pope Francis visits a Philadelphia correctional facility
Pope Francis blesses an inmate at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia in September.September 27, 2015Philadelphia - On his last day in the United States, Pope Francis offered hope to inmates inside this city’s largest prison, telling them “that...
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