A proposed Missouri bill by State Senator Rusty Black would limit the rate inmates pay to make phone calls. SB50 states that correctional centers should provide offenders with reasonable access to ...
Sheriff John Montgomery of Baxter County, Arkansas, isn’t going to take it anymore—if by “it” you mean “having to offer lower phone call rates to incarcerated inmates.” Noting that such phone calls ...
Get fearless, uncompromising truth in your inbox. Subscribe to The Real News. Sign up This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on Oct. 29, 2025. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC ...
A federal rule prohibiting jail and prison phone companies from paying a commission to law enforcement has prompted the Baxter County sheriff to announce he will remove the phones inmates use to ...
One Friday night, TikToker @themrsw learned that her 16-year-old daughter received a phone call from an inmate at a state correctional facility. The phone calls kept coming until she eventually ...
BOSTON (SHNS) – Sheriffs want lawmakers to consider reining in unlimited free phone calls at county jails amid bulging costs and heightened demand on correctional officers to monitor those ...