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Why not $0? The marginal cost of the bandwidth required to make the phone calls is negligible, so there is no reason it should cost anything to the inmates. A
by devit 11y ago
Why not $0?
The marginal cost of the bandwidth required to make the phone calls is negligible, so there is no reason it should cost anything to the inmates.
A simple solution to achieve such a result is to buy a cell phone plan with unlimited minutes and route calls through it.
- comrh 11y ago> Prisons like the Maryland facility featured in the hit podcast “Serial” sign exclusive contracts with companies like Global Tel-Link, and receive a cut of the proceeds from each call, creating an incentive to raise rates as much as possible. Cause the prison makes $$$.
- nedwin 11y agoAlso because, they say, there are costs to the prison in having phones including monitoring to make sure prisoners aren't breaking any laws. I think these costs should be a cost of doing business as a prison, whereas they consider it should be "user pays".