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Nevada Phone Contract Reduces Costs to Prisoners’ Families But Increases State’s Kickback
Nevada Phone Contract Reduces Costs to Prisoners’ Families But Increases State’s Kickback
by David M. Reutter
A panel headed by Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons has approved a contract that reduces the cost of in-state collect calls from prisoners, but maintains exorbitant rates for out-of-state calls. The contract also increases the ...
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- Arkansas Woman Left in Cell for Four Days Without Food or Water
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- Paying Texas Prisoners Undermines Outside Businesses, by Gary Hunter
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- An Interview with Randall Berg, Executive Director of the Florida Justice Institute, by Todd Matthews
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- Privatized Medical Care in Mississippi Prisons: Another Wexford Failure, by David Reutter
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- Effects of Florida’s Faith Based Prisons Found to Be Promising in Reducing Recidivism, by David Reutter
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- Texas State Auditor States Some Prison Rehabilitation Programs Effective, Some Not, by Matthew Clarke
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