jails in mid michigan cha
for inmates to make phone
as much as $22 for a 15 m
and much of that funding
jails budgets. A Fox 47 n
found that local jails re
and in some cases signing
of thousands of dollars.
released in response to u
requests and found that t
charges 21 99 for a 15 mi
an inmate at the Eaton Co
42 in Ingham County 13 65
a sizable chunk of that m
company is contracted to
Ionia County, for example
from all calls made from
say it amounts to an adde
gets to rule on when I wa
to 28. I watched my famil
financial burdens in rega
of, you know, inmate or,
calls, which is just insa
uh, it's almost like a se
not even really placed on
the crime. But you know,
and loved ones who are sp
dollar, you know, permane
McKenny has friends and p
inside the Jackson County
hundreds of dollars to ta
out it was somewhere arou
phone call. Well you can'
in 15 minutes. McKenny sa
of inmates are often the
afford to pay high prices
loved ones. What happens
with these families that
this guy, the family is t
really was, it couldn't h
have contact with his own
held at local jails have
and are being held before
they can make bail. I did
of phone calls at prisons
recent years because of c
prison phone calls impose
Commission and new legisl
have yet to reach county
argued that the costs are
secure and to monitor inm
important for us to be ab
calls because there's all
occur as a result of God
people on the outside. I
plans that could involve
things of that nature. Bu
works with the prison pol
that's not the reason why
are so expensive. So it d
to do with the overhead c
a prison in jails with te
prison policy initiative
the cost of inmate phone
years and has found that
because of the commission
in their contracts. Yes,
costs but they don't just
these companies are charg
of those bids that the co
commission for their cont
technologies. They also r
signing bonus for their f
according to documents re
you think it's fair to ch
I don't feel that that is
to be, I want people to b
to their family, to their
attorneys. I still want t
sure that we're safe and
And we're doing the best
that that safety continue
is not shared by other sh
County sheriff Mike Murph
to Fox 47 news that the f
for inmates services, eve
in the jail where they pr
pizza and candy. But inma
County pay less than othe
15 minute phone call. And
the additional services,
ones is prohibitive more
That's just, it's not the
It doesn't matter that th
we all have, but you don'
if they don't deserve um,
with, want to find out ho
a jail costs. Near you fi