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Re:Americans Don't Care About Prison Phone Exploitation, Say... by IvyMike on Saturday August 06, 2016 @12:04PM (#12238561)
From the article: “Personal visits and telephone calls reduce recidivism." If "chit chatting" all day means they don't come back why would anyone be against it?
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Re:Americans Don't Care About Prison Phone Exploitation, Say... by laksjd on Saturday August 06, 2016 @01:03PM (#12238848)
The companies and people that run the prisons and the prison phone systems are both very happy with a system where a) people spend a lot of time in jail and go back frequently and b) spend a lot of money on hyper-expensive phone calls since both of those things earn them very significant money.

The question should probably be: Why should any sane person in the prison industry be for it?

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Re:Americans Don't Care About Prison Phone Exploitation, Say... by Spooky23 on Saturday August 06, 2016 @01:29PM (#12238953)
They get commissions on the calls, which often directly benefit the employees.
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