The Journal Sentinel editorial board feels sorry for jail inmates

Posted on July 18th, 2006

Why? Because they think the cost of making a collect call out of the County Jail is too expensive. The calls cost between 22 cents and 37 cents per minute. They say that it’s unfair, especially since many of the inmates at the jail haven’t yet been convicted of crimes.

The phone company has said that the cost is higher than normal collect calls because so many of the recipients of the collect calls never pay their bills. Is there no other cause that the editorial board could get behind?

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