Undoubtedly, people who have gotten a sentence committed serious crimes and they are dangerous for all of us- the other people. After all, that is why they are isolated from the others, right? However, is just one mistake enough to make us treat the prisoners like they were no humans? You are wondering what I am talking about? Well, you will figure it out in a while…
I suppose that you can hardly believe it that the situation in jail is as bad as it is being described. Unfortunately, it is! There are really many examples which can be given for supporting the statement: one of them is the rate of costs for calls made from jail. Being allowed to communicate with your family is necessary, even if one is a criminal because it does not make him “non-human”. Obviously, this is only some people’s theory since the US correct institutions seem to have different opinion.
USA is the most democratic countries in the world probably but it seems that when it comes to prisoners things change a little bit. But these words are not worth a dime unless you are given some examples so that you can figure it out that there are severe restrictions for the people in US jails, especially when the phone calls are concerned.
Have you ever been told that it is nearly possible for a prisoner to make a call from jail due to the severe restrictions of the US correct institutions? No, you haven’t? You’ve got to be kidding, right? If you have not noticed, this is irony! Actually, very few people know that making a call from prison is hardly possible due to the extremely high rates of costs. The truth is that a phone call from jail could be made only if any of the inmate’s relatives have paid in advance (the so called pre-payment). I bet that it doesn’t feel good your contacts with the world to depend upon somebody else’s will. Wouldn’t you agree?
But having started talking about the calls from jail, we also need to mention another fact. Did you know that even if a prisoner has been phoned (which is free, at least for now), there is a limit of the phone call’s duration. It varies from state to state but it is usually around 20 minutes. So, both parties can hear a woman saying how much time they have left: they get this “informative message” 120, 60 and 30 seconds before the 20 minutes are over! And how high do you think that a phone call from jail costs? We also need to point out that the rate may vary from state to state or even prison to prison. But averagely, it costs $3.50 to make a call from jail to a phone number in the same state (it is a flat fee), $5.00 to make a call from jail to a phone number located in another state (it is an initial fee) plus $0.90 per minute! It sounds pretty “cheap”, especially for a prisoner, right?
To learn more about making low cost inmate phone calls and inmate telephone service, visit our guide at Inmate-Telephone-Service.com.
