c/hackernews · by haxor@derp.foo · 2yMassachusetts becomes fifth state to make prison calls free https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2023-11-17/massachusetts-becomes-fifth-state-in-nation-to-make-prison-calls-freeThere is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well. 31 points · 2 comments · view on lemmy.world
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zilla@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Im not from the USA. How much does a call usually cost? I guess it is different from state to state and prison.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
16c / min roughly, but it's in conjunction with everything else that costs money, designed to extract cash from inmates outside families. Prisons are for-profit, slave labor camps in a lot of states.