PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: The cost for a Pennsylvania inmate to help a child with difficult homework, talk to a spouse or confer with an attorney will drop by nearly 70 percent next month, state Department of Corrections officials announced Wednesday.
Beginning in late evening on Dec. 7, inmate phones will begin switching from Global Tel*Link to a new provider, Dallas-based Securus Technologies. All state prisons should be switched to the new system by early morning Dec. 10, spokeswoman Susan McNaughton said…
“The reduction in the phone rate will go a long way to keep inmates connected to their families and friends, which is an important part of the re-entry process,” [Department of Corrections Secretary John] Wetzel said… (more)
EDITOR: Corrupt state officials in liaisons in conjunction with private interests were ‘extorting’ money from the poor families of prisoners over the years. It is hard to think of any more despicable.
