WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hefty phone bills for inmates in U.S. prisons and jails were slashed by the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday, affecting about 2 million incarcerated persons and ...

Fees Texas inmates pay to make calls will be slashed under new Federal regulations approved this month. High rates that had averaged 23 cents a minute for Texas jail inmates have long been a target of ...

Sheriff John Montgomery of Baxter County, Arkansas, isn’t going to take it anymore—if by “it” you mean “having to offer lower phone call rates to incarcerated inmates.” Noting that such phone calls ...

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers admitted he used other inmates’ phone access codes to make calls, as prosecutors allege he attempted to obstruct justice while awaiting trial on serious charges. Sean ...

WASHINGTON — Hefty phone bills for inmates in U.S. prisons and jails were slashed by the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday, affecting about 2 million incarcerated persons and their ...

A federal rule prohibiting jail and prison phone companies from paying a commission to law enforcement has prompted the Baxter County sheriff to announce he will remove the phones inmates use to ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The South Carolina Department of Corrections shared a recent interaction between an inmate and a cell phone customer service agent after the inmate’s phone was disconnected.

CLAYTON — St. Louis County Executive Sam Page’s office is recommending awarding a contract for inmate phone and video calling at the Justice Center to a company that would provide tablets for inmates, ...