http://prison.livesinfocus.org/2009/11/28/paycheck-to-collect-calls-prison/ Exploring the impact of incarceration on the family and other personal relationships Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:10:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://prison.livesinfocus.org/2009/11/28/paycheck-to-collect-calls-prison/#comment-221 Lives in Focus: Family Life Behind Bars » Blog Archive » Listen Now: Losing your paycheck to collect calls fees? Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:13:25 +0000 http://livesinfocus.org/prison/?p=1355#comment-221 [...] You can also see how much money people spent receiving these collect calls and what they sacrificed in the results of our survey here. [...] [...] You can also see how much money people spent receiving these collect calls and what they sacrificed in the results of our survey here. [...]

]]> http://prison.livesinfocus.org/2009/11/28/paycheck-to-collect-calls-prison/#comment-220 Carol Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:17:46 +0000 http://livesinfocus.org/prison/?p=1355#comment-220 My phone bill got shut off numerous times because of high amount in calls. You always seem to sacrifice one thing for another. My husband was then moved to another state and the calls were then even more ridiculous. It would cost $25, with a $5 fee we would get 30 min. that would be a 20 min. call and a 10 min. call. Now I am in Arkansas doing a prepaid calling system, which calls can either be paid $25 or $50 amount. The processing fee is still the same. We get maybe four calls now for this price. I am unemployed right now so pretty much not able to afford even the $25 a month for calls. I moved here from Colorado to be closer to my husband. He still have 3 and 1/2 more years to go. He is in a work program supposedly there to help him financially and the family. But they do not allow him to send money home and pays $450 for housing from his money there. I thought the state paid for housing. Seems like programs they have to help benefit and prepare them for society and better themselves the system still is taking their money from the inside. I don't understand it. My phone bill got shut off numerous times because of high amount in calls. You always seem to sacrifice one thing for another. My husband was then moved to another state and the calls were then even more ridiculous. It would cost $25, with a $5 fee we would get 30 min. that would be a 20 min. call and a 10 min. call. Now I am in Arkansas doing a prepaid calling system, which calls can either be paid $25 or $50 amount. The processing fee is still the same. We get maybe four calls now for this price. I am unemployed right now so pretty much not able to afford even the $25 a month for calls. I moved here from Colorado to be closer to my husband. He still have 3 and 1/2 more years to go. He is in a work program supposedly there to help him financially and the family. But they do not allow him to send money home and pays $450 for housing from his money there. I thought the state paid for housing. Seems like programs they have to help benefit and prepare them for society and better themselves the system still is taking their money from the inside. I don’t understand it.

]]> http://prison.livesinfocus.org/2009/11/28/paycheck-to-collect-calls-prison/#comment-219 Lives in Focus: Family Life Behind Bars » Blog Archive » Results: See what people sacrifice to take collect calls from prison Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:41:13 +0000 http://livesinfocus.org/prison/?p=1355#comment-219 [...] of people struggling to keep a strong bond with a loved one in prison by accepting collect calls, please take the informal survey. Come join our live call-in show on Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 9 p.m. ET to share your experiences and [...] [...] of people struggling to keep a strong bond with a loved one in prison by accepting collect calls, please take the informal survey. Come join our live call-in show on Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 9 p.m. ET to share your experiences and [...]

]]> http://prison.livesinfocus.org/2009/11/28/paycheck-to-collect-calls-prison/#comment-218 Lives in Focus: Family Life Behind Bars » Blog Archive » Web Radio: Losing your paycheck to collect calls fees Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:33:13 +0000 http://livesinfocus.org/prison/?p=1355#comment-218 [...] you’ve been affected by the high costs of collect calls, take this survey.  Also, tell us what you think in the comments section [...] [...] you’ve been affected by the high costs of collect calls, take this survey.  Also, tell us what you think in the comments section [...]

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