Massachusetts becomes fifth state to make prison calls free
Massachusetts becomes fifth state to make prison calls free
www.wgbh.org Massachusetts becomes fifth state in nation to make prison calls free
Phone calls will be free starting Dec. 1 after the governor signed the legislation Wednesday.
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Im not from the USA. How much does a call usually cost? I guess it is different from state to state and prison.
16c / min roughly, but it's in conjunction with everything else that costs money, designed to extract cash from inmates outside families. Prisons are for-profit, slave labor camps in a lot of states.