Oregonians in prison face “significant barriers” connecting with loved ones due to high phone rates and overly complicated signup requirements, burdens that jeopardize their ties to loved ones and ...

It was a progressive masterstroke: give Massachusetts inmates unlimited, free phone calls. What could go wrong? Two years and $12.5+ million taxpayer dollars later, the answer is: plenty. Gov. Maura ...

The move will save the loved ones of the state’s more than 30,000 prisoners over $13 million a year, advocates say. By Samantha Latson New York will make phone calls free for incarcerated people ...

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is changing its phone policy for Adults in Custody. During Covid, phone minutes (up to 500 minutes) were free. The new year is bringing a change. During COVID-19, the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The Federal Communications Commission will no longer enforce a rule capping the price ...

Sandra Ritter with her son William celebrating her birthday at their Largo home in 1997. courtesy of Sandra Ritter Sandra Ritter hasn’t seen her only son in eight years. He’s incarcerated at Apalachee ...

This story was produced and originally published by WPR and Wisconsin Watch. Wisconsin prisoners have struggled to connect with loved ones for weeks and even months as a state contractor fails to keep ...

New York's state prison system is under scrutiny after guards fatally beat an inmate in December, prompting protests and calls for reforms. New York's state prison system is under scrutiny after ...

ALBANY — The last six unprecedented months in New York’s prison system, which included a fatal beating of a prisoner and the longest strike by prison guards in state history, could create an ...