Securus Technologies is changing its tune about in-person jail visitation. The communications firm, which provides video services for a number of jails across the country — Denton County Jail included ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People incarcerated at the Orleans Parish Justice Center line up during a mock evacuation drill People incarcerated at the Orleans ...

A man plays a game in the Brothers in Arms cell block, a new veteran-focused program, at the Harris County Joint Processing Center, part of the county jail system, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in ...

New York City has built a massive unconstitutional database of recorded phone conversations between jailed suspects and people on the outside — with the ability to track and sort them by the sound of ...

Two lawsuits filed this week accuse Michigan sheriff's offices of colluding with large prison telecom companies to end face-to-face jail visitations and then price gouge families who are forced to ...

New litigation suggests prison phone companies have incentivized the elimination of in-person visits at prisons to spike their own profits. Reading time 3 minutes Two lawsuits filed by an activist ...

In a hyper-connected world where digital tools are essential, the nearly two million incarcerated individuals in the U.S. face a stark reality. Access to technology is limited due to decades of ...

As of April 1, inmates in the Baxter County jail will no longer have telephone access to call family or friends. The sheriff’s office says the change is necessary due to “adverse regulation” enacted ...

The suits contend that two counties entered into agreements with telecommunications companies that would bring more money because of increased use of phone calls and electronic messaging. By Aimee ...