‘PREDATORY’ PRISON PHONE RATES: CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS URGE REFORM

(Thinkstock) What if it cost $17 to make a 15-minute phone call in the U.S.? How often would you call home? That's the dilemma facing many inmates who must rely on the prison phone service and pay sky-high rates. A bipartisan group of prison reformers is calling on the Federal Communications Commission to stop phone companies from charging ...