Comment by mlyle

No one's arguing with that (though, of course, the devil is in the details...)

Just, the combination of:

- Denying people the practical ability to contact their loved ones except by phone

- Charging a price that is very high compared to outside rates for this contact (prohibitively so)

- Paying prisoners a tiny fraction of outside rates, such that

- Only people who can depend upon money coming from outside can contact family

is both cruel and probably increases recidivism.