haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 7 months agoMassachusetts becomes fifth state to make prison calls freewww.wgbh.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: massachusetts@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansgoodnews@kbin.social
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkMassachusetts becomes fifth state to make prison calls freewww.wgbh.orghaxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: massachusetts@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansgoodnews@kbin.social
minus-squarezilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoIm not from the USA. How much does a call usually cost? I guess it is different from state to state and prison.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months ago16c / 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.
Im not from the USA. How much does a call usually cost? I guess it is different from state to state and prison.
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.