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Imagine Pleading Guilty Because You Can’t Afford to Call Your Lawyer
Loaded on Feb. 19, 2019
by Victoria Law
Filed under:
Jail Specific,
Money/Property,
Telephone Rates,
First Amendment, rights.
Locations:
Arkansas,
California,
Missouri,
Pennsylvania,
Tennessee,
United States of America.
By Victoria Law, Truthout
Imagine paying $20.12 for a 15-minute phone call. That’s how much a call from the Jennings Adult Correctional Facility in Missouri costs.
In 2013, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) set price caps on interstate calls from jails, prisons and detention facilities. Now, …
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