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Saturday, May 9, 2015

DESPICABLE:"Sheriffs Threaten Retaliation If The Price Of Prisoner Phone Calls Is Regulated "| ThinkProgress

"...
"For decades, prisons and jails provided secure, cheap
telephone services with no problems. They're perfectly
capable of doing it," he said. "It's just that now they
view prisoners as profit centers. They're monetizing
human suffering and human captivity. They get a lot of
information from the recorded calls, so it would be
stunning if they removed telephones if they couldn't
gouge people as much as they wanted to."..."
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/05/06/3654931/sheriffs-threaten-cut-off-prisoner-phone-calls-cant-get-kickbacks/