End Kickbacks on Prison Calls

I PLEDGE TO BE A PRISON PHONE JUSTICE CHAMPION.

I support the CAMPAIGN FOR PRISON PHONE JUSTICE. As a Phone Justice Champion, I will ask the FCC and my state legislators to end kickbacks and price gouging by the U.S. Prison Telephone Industry. I believe that families and communities should come before profiteering and kickbacks.

This petition has a goal of 1000 signatures

1-25 of 587 signatures

Number	Date	Name	How do prison phone rates ...
587	Mon May 13 09:33:35 EDT 2013	Markus Prassler
586	Wed Apr 10 12:06:54 EDT 2013	Brenda GAuthier	202 -->201Prison phone rates affect me because I have three members of my family ; a daughter, her son, n daughter the cost of phone call are way to high. It's hard when you're my age, please do something.
585	Tue Apr 02 19:47:01 EDT 2013	Janet Barajas	My uncle can't talk to his son and its weighing heavily on his health
584	Tue Apr 02 18:38:59 EDT 2013	Flor Alvarez	if i have the money i do the prepaid plan because it is a little cheaper but if i dont have enough money that month then i dont talk to my loved ones.
583	Thu Mar 21 00:42:46 EDT 2013	Lerise boyd	i cant see my brother do to i have no way to get where he is. we have had people die in our family me and my sister and mom our sick, he knows about my mom and us being sick, but having to worry about More....
582	Tue Mar 19 10:33:14 EDT 2013	Donald Mack	Isolate our Grandson who is serving 17-19 years for a drug conviction. This works against him staying in contact with the real world. And work against his successful integration back into society upon More....release.
581	Mon Mar 18 18:03:31 EDT 2013	JoAnne King
580	Tue Mar 05 00:18:37 EST 2013	Shuntais Danzy	My brother is an inmate in MI and I live in MD. We don't get to talk often because the rates are so high and when we do talk we don't get the full time allotted. Just because it's prison shouldn't give More....
579	Tue Mar 05 00:17:38 EST 2013	Shuntais Danzy	My brother is an inmate in MI and I live in MD. We don't get to talk often because the rates are so high and when we do talk we don't get the full time allotted. Just because it's prison shouldn't give More....
578	Mon Mar 04 05:26:25 EST 2013	Vickie Cruz	My husband was in prison in Nevada and I wish I knew of this then. I was shocked at how they make money- prisons are money cows and you pay, if you want talk or visit. Vending machines are a big rip-off More....
577	Wed Feb 06 18:29:31 EST 2013	ron ozment	the local phone rates have more than doubled 02-01-2013. they were raised last year as well. i guess they don't want family and friends to be part of the incarcerated persons life.
576	Tue Dec 18 01:08:33 EST 2012	Joan Covici	My volunteer ConCareService allows indigent inmates to call us once a month or in emergencies. When they report dangerous prison conditions, we need to take prompt action. The high cost of phone calls More....
575	Sat Dec 15 12:24:19 EST 2012	Val Hymes	I have spent thousands since the 1980s accepting collect calls as part of my work and blog on criminal justice reform and as director,the Prison Ministry Task Force, the Episcopal Diocese of MD.
574	Tue Dec 04 13:26:18 EST 2012	Vicki Hayati	My brother is in prison in MI. I am his only family. He is too far away for me to visit more than 1-2 times a year. Phone calls and letters are how we communicate. Occasional calls are a big moral More....booster for him.
573	Thu Nov 08 09:35:14 EST 2012	Rosemary Parish	I am one of the leader of an initiative in Princeton NJ to raise consciousness around the issue of mass incarceration this is one of the many offensive feature of the prison industrial complex.
572	Mon Nov 05 17:18:29 EST 2012	Joyce Scarborough	They affect me by being so exhorbitant that my son is not able to call me very often... basically only a couple of times a year. He is in NV & I am in MA!
571	Thu Nov 01 11:31:54 EDT 2012	April Howard	Unable to send money to my brother, due to extremely high phone bills.
570	Mon Oct 29 12:53:06 EDT 2012	Paula Lorenzo	GTL blocked my number and my dad's number and forced us to use their prepaid service. They said it would cost $.75/minute and they charged $2.75/minute. This is UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
569	Fri Oct 19 10:35:55 EDT 2012	Angela Valenzuela
568	Thu Oct 18 22:12:46 EDT 2012	Patty Adolphs	I feel they are too high. They do not affect me directly.
567	Thu Oct 18 15:47:53 EDT 2012	SHIRLEY SNEVE
566	Wed Oct 17 10:31:01 EDT 2012	Kimberly Peyton	My finance was transferred from Franklin County Det Cneter to Shelby County Det here in Kentucky. His one phone call when transferred to the new jail had to be a collect call in which I could not be connected More....
565	Mon Oct 15 18:53:57 EDT 2012	John-Lindsay Green	So far, they don't. However, I still SUPPORT this Cause!
564	Sun Oct 14 13:28:59 EDT 2012	Pam Nath
563	Sat Oct 13 19:19:10 EDT 2012	Hector Rivera	I've heard that here in new jersey it is expensive but I currently do not communicate with anyone incarcerated nor do I know what is charged.

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