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Los Angeles County Jail Exploits Prisoners, Families with High Phone Costs

Loaded on Dec. 3, 2014 published in Prison Legal News December, 2014, page 24
Filed under: Telephone Rates. Location: California.

Los Angeles County Jail Exploits Prisoners, Families with High Phone Costs

by Derek Gilna

Officials with Los Angeles County’s jail system have been criticized by County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky for exploiting prisoners and their families by charging excessive phone rates. “Everyone’s making a lot of money at the expense of ...

 

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