Connecticut's Democratic Gov. is stonewalling the bill to make phone calls from prison free
rmcohen.substack.com
In early April I reported that Connecticut could become the first state in the nation to make phone calls from prison free, following in the footsteps of New York City, which became the first city to do so last summer. In the seven weeks since the article was published, there’s been quite a lot of politicking around the bill — including covert lobbying against it from Securus, the national prison telecommunications firm that provides the phone services in Connecticut.
Connecticut's Democratic Gov. is stonewalling the bill to make phone calls from prison free
Connecticut's Democratic Gov. is stonewalling…
Connecticut's Democratic Gov. is stonewalling the bill to make phone calls from prison free
In early April I reported that Connecticut could become the first state in the nation to make phone calls from prison free, following in the footsteps of New York City, which became the first city to do so last summer. In the seven weeks since the article was published, there’s been quite a lot of politicking around the bill — including covert lobbying against it from Securus, the national prison telecommunications firm that provides the phone services in Connecticut.