WRAL

Service Meant to Monitor Inmates’ Calls Could Track You, Too

Thousands of jails and prisons across the United States use a company called Securus Technologies to provide and monitor calls to inmates. But the former sheriff of Mississippi County, Missouri, used ...
The National Law Review

CAN JAIL CALLS BE CONSIDERED TELEMARKETING?: Securus Technologies Sued In TCPA Class Action

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...
Lexington Herald Leader

KY prisoners hack state-issued computer tablets to digitally create $1M. How’d they do it?

Securus provides computer tablets to prison and jail inmates through for-profit contracts around the country. Securus Technologies Almost nobody outside of the Kentucky Department of Corrections has ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Baxter County to cut inmates’ phone use after FCC caps fees

A federal rule prohibiting jail and prison phone companies from paying a commission to law enforcement has prompted the Baxter County sheriff to announce he will remove the phones inmates use to ...
AOL

Worcester County sheriff urges lawmakers to pull plug on inmates' free phone calls

WEST BOYLSTON — Worcester County Sheriff Lewis G. Evangelidis Jr. is speaking out about what he perceives as a well-intentioned but ill-conceived policy requiring free phone calls for inmates. And ...