Inmates in New York State’s prisons will no longer have to pay for phone calls in a new policy initiative announced Tuesday. Under the plan, which goes into effect Aug. 1, phone calls made by inmates ...

Brendan Carr, the F.C.C. chairman, cited security concerns in rolling back most of the lower costs he voted for last year. By Ben Blatt Most inmates in American prisons now have a personal tablet ...

A push is growing in Massachusetts for reforms to a program that provides inmates with unlimited, free phone calls, an initiative that put Bay State taxpayers on the hook for about $12.5 million last ...