Inmates in New York State’s prisons will no longer have to pay for phone calls in a new policy initiative announced Tuesday. Under the plan, which goes into effect Aug. 1, phone calls made by inmates ...

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The move will save the loved ones of the state’s more than 30,000 prisoners over $13 million a year, advocates say. By Samantha Latson New York will make phone calls free for incarcerated people ...