Tracy RosenbergThe FCC’s new #phonejustice rules mean calls cost 6¢ per minute in prisons and just 12¢ in small jails. Learn more in this new guide from @uccmediajustice.org and @georgetownlaw.bsky.social's Communications & Technology Law Clinic: https://uccmediajustice.org/uccmjm-guide-to-new-prison-phone-video-rates/
New proposed #FCC rules would cap rates for all prison phone calls - including in-state - in every state in the nation. #PhoneJustice https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fcc-prison-phone-calls-rates/
As states end predatory commissions on phone calls into and out of prison, the largest corporate vulture defaults on debt. #Phonejustice https://theappeal.org/securus-bankruptcy-prison-telecom-industry/
The Slow Death of a Prison Profiteer: How Activism Brought Securus to the Brink
On the hook to repay $1.3 billion of debt this year, the nation's largest prison telecom company, Securus, is on the verge of bankruptcy. Its failure would represent a remarkable victory for advocates—and a potential beginning of the end for the industry as we know it.
Two years after LA County voted to make #prison #phone calls free, they vote again to really do it by December of 2023. #phonejustice https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-07-25/l-a-county-says-phone-calls-will-be-free-in-all-its-jails-by-dec-1
"In short: “Happy Black History Month” from the parasites that get rich off the backs of Black people". #Securus #JPay #PhoneJustice https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgmvmx/happy-black-history-month-from-companies-that-make-prison-even-lonelier-securus-jpay
Juan A. Zamarripa [E.]Prisons and corporations should not be making money off of families calling incarcerated loved ones. Sign the petition to tell #USCongress to stop predatory prison phone rates: http://qttr.at/23hd via @CREDOMobile #phonejustice #USofA