The Human Rights Defense Center advocates for prisoner phone rights. In 2019, prisoners and their families in Utah paid $1.2M+ for phone calls. 78.2% of these payments ($1M+) were kickbacks paid to the Utah DOC. A 2019, same state, prison phone call in Utah on average costs $11.4/hour which is higher than Utah’s minimum wage today ($7.25/hour). Utah is one of many other states with similiar statistics. A prisoner’s ability to make contact with their friends and family has a direct correlation with the success of their rehabilitation. It is important protect prisoners and their families from this unjust financial burden.

I sourced this data from https://www.prisonphonejustice.org/ which is a subsidiary of the HRDC.

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