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Phone calls from prison used to cost 11 cents a minute. Now through Securus, they’re cheaper, but the connection — a “lifeline” for many — is poor. MONROE — Jacob Schmitt used to spend hours every day ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... People in Denver’s jails will no longer have to wait their turn to call family members after the sheriff’s department introduced hundreds of tablet computers ...