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The High Price Of Imprisonment

December 15, 2016

A growing list of costs are being passed on to inmates and their families By Eric Easter Urban News Service As incarceration rates continue to grow around the United States, the enormous costs of some prison services are increasingly being paid by those who can least afford it –- the families of inmates. In 2001, […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Eric Easter, Prison Industry, Prison Phone Rates

Prison Phone Rates Generate Billions for Companies – and Cause Stress for Black Families

April 15, 2016

by Curtis Bunn Urban News Service Garry Lawrence’s family worried about paying his legal fees. But phoning him in prison nearly bankrupted them. When Garry was arrested almost seven years ago on a minor drug offense, his loved ones knew that paying a lawyer to argue his case would be a major expense. They were […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Curtis Bunn, Garry Lawrence, Prison Phone Rates, Prison Reform



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