监狱和看守所提供免费电话通话会发生什么？
随着政策变化，越来越多的州和城市开始为囚犯提供免费电话通话服务。
这项举措使得家庭能够更多地沟通并节省开支，例如加州囚犯的家属，现在可以更深入地交流，不再受限于通话时间的限制。
目前已有联邦监狱管理局、康涅狄格州、加州、明尼苏达州、马萨诸塞州和纽约州等6个监狱系统以及数十个看守所实施了这项政策，影响了超过33万名囚犯。
免费电话通话使得家庭节省了超过6.2亿美元，其中大部分受益于黑人和棕色族群的家庭。
这项政策不仅改善了囚犯及其家属的关系，还减少了囚犯的压力，缓解了狱卒的工作压力。
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Thanks to policy changes in six prison systems and several dozen jail systems, families are talking more and saving money.
Incarcerated people make phone calls in the Little Scandinavia unit at SCI Chester in Pennsylvania on March 9, 2023.(Kent Nishimura / Getty Images)
Over the years, Angel Rice got used to making the most of short, efficient phone calls with her husband, who is incarcerated in a California prison. On each side of the prison walls, both were constantly aware that each passing minute drained funds from her prepaid account.
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