There's a local (to me) Vegas startup trying to help people communicate with prisoners - https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/24/pigeon-ly/ https://techcrunch.com/201

There's a local (to me) Vegas startup trying to help people communicate with prisoners - https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/24/pigeon-ly/ https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/24/pigeon-ly/ - they bring up a good point that these people will be asked to reintegrate with society and to best do that we need to help them remain a part of it with regular communication with friends and family. The prison phone system runs entirely counter to this ideal.