The New York Times has an editorial about how the New York State’s highest court has rejected a lawsuit by families of inmates who claimed the prison system overcharged them for telephone calls from their loved ones. Nonetheless, the suit and the intense lobbying has helped reform this unfair system of charging 16 cents or more a minute with a $3 surcharge for every call. New York, along with other states, received a hefty percentage of the fees–nearly 60 percent–making prisons a revenue opportunity. Read the whole editorial here.
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