Troup Co. Sheriff’s Office lists “security update” as reason for dropped inmate calls

TROUP COUNTY, Ga. (WRBL) — The Troup County Sheriff’s Office has provided insight as to why some families have been unable to ...
Yahoo

Oral arguments heard in FCC inmate phone call appeal

BOSTON (WWLP) – Several states, communication companies, and direct-action groups are suing the FCC for a policy mandating a cap for phone and video call rates for inmates. The Federal Communications ...
Arizona Daily Star

Wisconsin seeks to challenge FCC inmate calling rate cap

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin and seven other states are seeking to join Oklahoma in challenging a new Federal Communications Commission rule limiting the amount local jails and state prisons can ...
Carson Now

Carson City jail inmate allegedly makes 281 phone calls to protection order victim, $843K bail amount set

A 26-year-old Carson City man was arrested Monday for 281 counts of alleged violation of a domestic violence temporary ...
Alachua Chronicle on MSN

Jail inmate charged with illegally calling victim 70 times in 7 days

Lorenzo Joshua Johnson Jr., 22, who was arrested on January 4 for domestic battery and carjacking, has now been charged with ...
WWLP-22News

“It’s not the apocalypse”: Cocchi on no-cost inmate calls

BOSTON (WWLP) – Massachusetts’ policy of allowing inmates to make phone calls at no cost to recipients is affecting the budget for Hampden County jails. The policy, designed to help inmates maintain ...
Charlotte Observer

Abuse at day care discovered through video calls with jail inmate, IN cops say

An Indiana day care teacher is accused of abusing children in her care as she spent hours on video calls with a jail inmate, officials say. Laniecia Michelle Smith, 31, is facing five counts of ...