One very interesting paragraph from the article: "Managed access systems can cost more than a million dollars apiece to install. But some prisons have found a

One very interesting paragraph from the article: "Managed access systems can cost more than a million dollars apiece to install. But some prisons have found a way to lower the cost by partnering with outside vendors. In California, for example, Global TelLink – a private company that operates phone systems at many state and federal prisons – installed managed access systems in correctional facilities at no cost to the state, as part of a five-year exclusive contract. (Which makes sense: Global TelLink believes it will make more money from pay-phone fees if inmates’ wireless access is cut off.)" Fascinating that one of the companies involved in helping to cut off inmate cell phone use stands to make a profit from their activities. I have many gripes with the American institutional prison system, and this is just one small slice of the corruption that drives it.