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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 ...

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 ...

As of April 1, inmates in the Baxter County jail will no longer have telephone access to call family or friends. The sheriff’s office says the change is necessary due to “adverse regulation” enacted ...

Starting Friday, Aug. 1, phone calls from New York state prisons will be free under a new agreement between the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) and telecom ...

In a hyper-connected world where digital tools are essential, the nearly two million incarcerated individuals in the U.S. face a stark reality. Access to technology is limited due to decades of ...