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New Mexico Caps High Telephone Rates
Loaded on June 15, 2002
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2002, page 23
The governor of New Mexico signed a bill in February 2001, prohibiting prisons from profiting on prisoners' phone calls, which was exceeding 10 times the regular competitive rates with a 15 minute call costing up to $20. The Public Communications Services, a Los Angeles-based carrier kicked back 48.25% of their ...
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