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Prison and Jail Phone Reforms Needed in New Jersey

Loaded on Oct. 10, 2014 by Karina Wilkinson published in Prison Legal News October, 2014, page 28
Filed under: Telephone Rates. Location: New Jersey.

Prison and Jail Phone Reforms Needed in New Jersey

by Karina Wilkinson

Two prison phone service providers, Global Tel*Link and Securus, continue to overcharge prisoners and their families for calls made from prisons and jails in New Jersey. While federal regulations capped interstate (long distance) calls from correctional facilities beginning ...

 

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