The costs of these calls are so egregious that one of every three families goes into debt trying to maintain contact with a loved one inside.
— charge these inflated rates to boost their bottom line. With Black, brown and low-income people incarcerated at disproportionately high numbers, these corporations have built their entire business on exploiting disenfranchised communities.
I was already stretched thin covering rent, gas, and household expenses while raising my two daughters and pitching in to help with my sons’ young children. Other times, my boys didn’t call at all because they felt bad burdening me with the cost. The guilt — compounded with the financial stress — took a toll on their mental health. And mine.
New Jersey has a chance to make a change that will bring relief to mothers and strengthen families. Assembly Members Herb Conaway Jr. , Reginald Atkins , and Sterley Stanley recentlyNew Jersey would join Connecticut, California, Colorado, Minnesota and several cities and counties that have passed free prison and jail communication laws. And for what it’s worth, we all would get something out of it, not just those with incarcerated loved ones.
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