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>In article <36FA9623.D42BC02C@bellsouth.net> on Thu, 25 Mar 1999 20:00:02
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>Roger Alexander <rlalexNOSPAM@bellsouth.net> writes:
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>  > Last year, I had a client in jail in Cobb county Georgia, who
>  > made several telephone calls to me from jail.  I had no real
>  > idea how much they were going to cost, and I was outraged when
>  > the bill totalled $370. give or take.  The rate was up to
>  > about $1.75 per minute....
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>Don't blame (only) the phone company.  The prison probably
>solicited bids, and selected the company promising them the
>largest kickback.  This may be a significant source of revenue;
>I've seen numbers, but forget them.
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>The prison probably also forbids the inmates from using any other
>long distance service, calling card, etc.  It's analogous to
>hospitals forbidding patients from using their own TVs, but rather
>requiring that the patient rent one from the hospital at an
>exhorbitant rate.
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>--- Wm. Randolph U Franklin, WRFUSE at MAB.ECSE.RPI.DELETETHIS.EDU
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