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Directs the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to contract for pay phones to be made available to prisoners on a monitored basis.Background
Recent spikes in the discovery of cell phones smuggled into prisons /See here and here/ have highlighted the lack of communication options for prisoners. Prisoner rights groups have complained extensively about the high price of collect calls in prisons, while civil rights activists have raised the concern such high costs may limit prisoners access to counselAdditional Links
Grits supporting issue of providing phones to prisoners.
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Summary
Directs the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to contract for pay phones to be made available to prisoners on a monitored basis.
Background
Recent spikes in the discovery of cell phones smuggled into prisons /See here and here/ have highlighted the lack of communication options for prisoners. Prisoner rights groups have complained extensively about the high price of collect calls in prisons, while civil rights activists have raised the concern such high costs may limit prisoners access to counsel
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Grits supporting issue of providing phones to prisoners.
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Summary
Directs the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to contract for pay phones to be made available to prisoners on a monitored basis.
Background
Recent spikes in the discovery of cell phones smuggled into prisons /See here and here/ have highlighted the lack of communication options for prisoners. Prisoner rights groups have complained extensively about the high price of collect calls in prisons, while civil rights activists have raised the concern such high costs may limit prisoners access to counsel
Additional Links
Grits supporting issue of providing phones to prisoners.
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Directs the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to contract for pay phones to be made available to prisoners on a monitored basis.
Background
Recent spikes in the discovery of cell phones smuggled into prisons have highlighted the lack of communication options for prisoners. Prisoner rights groups have complained extensively about the high price of collect calls in prisons, while civil rights activists have raised the concern such high costs may limit prisoners access to counsel
Additional Links
Grits supporting issue of providing phones to prisoners.
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