Boston.com

‘Unlimited is unreasonable’: House Republicans, sheriffs call for limits on free inmate phone calls

‘Unlimited is unreasonable’: House Republicans, sheriffs call for limits on free inmate phone calls The program, designed to help inmates stay connected with their families, is drawing scrutiny over ...
Ars Technica

Furious at the FCC, Arkansas jail cancels inmate phone calls rather than lower rates

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 ...
MIT Technology Review

An AI model trained on prison phone calls now looks for planned crimes in those calls

The model is built to detect when crimes are being “contemplated.” A US telecom company trained an AI model on years of inmates’ phone and video calls and is now piloting that model to scan their ...
The Cornell Daily Sun

Tompkins County Jail Reduces Cost of Inmate Phone Calls, Renegotiates Contract to Provide iPads for Inmates

Once one of the most expensive jails in New York for inmates to place calls from, the Tompkins County Jail has cut the cost of inmate phone calls by more than half the price as of Feb. 28. According ...
WRBL

Troup Co. Sheriff’s Office lists “security update” as reason for dropped inmate calls

TROUP COUNTY, Ga. (WRBL) — The Troup County Sheriff’s Office has provided insight as to why some families have been unable to receive calls from inmates. In a statement published to their social media ...