The federal phone facility is a lot cheaper than local or state facilities which uses a collect call system with an intermediate company that gouges terribly.

The federal phone facility is a lot cheaper than local or state facilities which uses a collect call system with an intermediate company that gouges terribly. If you get a Google Voice phone number in the area code of the prison for the inmate to call it is very reasonable, 90 cents for 15 minutes, and easily supported from outside. The rate to do email is only a nickle a minute.