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Monthly Archives: July 2014

FCC Considers Further Prison Phone Rate Reforms

Posted on July 17, 2014 by NJ Phone Justice

On July 9, the FCC held a forum to consider the impact of the existing Order capping rates from prisons and jails. The forum also explored potential future reforms, including limiting intrastate rates. One panel featured NJ Phone Justice’s Karina Wilkinson.

See a full video here.

NPR Features Campaign for Phone Justice in NJ

Posted on July 17, 2014 by NJ Phone Justice

NPR covered our petition to lower phone rates from correctional facilities in New Jersey, and featured Professor Alina Das and activist and former detainee Papa Faye. Read, or listen, to the story here.

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