Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A proposed Missouri bill by State Senator Rusty Black would limit the rate inmates pay to make phone calls. SB50 states that ...

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 ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Several states, communication companies, and direct-action groups are suing the FCC for a policy mandating a cap for phone and video call rates for inmates. The Federal Communications ...

It has been rare in Washington in recent years for anything to pass with bipartisan support. That is doubly true when talking about incarcerated people and criminal justice generally. So, in the rare ...

WAPAKONETA — Changes are coming to the way inmate phone calls and video visitations are handled at the Auglaize County jail. According to information on the Auglaize County Sheriff’s Office Facebook ...

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 ...