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Telephones

Interview with Tom and Joe

JM: Did you have regular access to telephones?
Tom: No
Joe: yes we did unless we were on locked down

JM: What types of charges applied for calling people? How much money would you guess the average inmate spends per week on phone calls?
Tom: it cost $2.50 per minute to make a call
Joe: the average inmate calls was 25 dollars for two sometimes three phone calls depending how long you talked for.

JM: Did you need to buy phone cards to call out?
Joe: no it was credit cards and your family had to put money on the phone.

JM: Did the jail screen your calls?
Tom: Yes
Joe: yes they always monitored the phone calls.

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