Neither Bell Canada nor the Ontario government will say how much money they made from a jail phone system that charged what lawyers describe as ‘exorbitan” rates for inmate calls.
Mar 10, 2021
The Monroe County legislature has approved a proposal giving free phone calls to inmates at the county jail.
Inmates will receive 75 minutes of free calls per month.
The calls would be paid for with commissions the county earns from its telephone services vendor.
The measure approved last night makes permanent a temporary policy that was launched by Sheriff Todd Baxter in December.
the date to when everybody can live with it, an convenient for everyone. i also while we are at it was informed that there was an objection filed to magistrate sampson s report and recommendation regarding the jail phone calls. i believe that then is going to require a hearing. i don t t know to what extent, . strolla, you want to be a part of that, but if you do, i will allow you to be appearing by phone, and ms. cory will be here, and perhaps you could get in touch with the interveners to see if they actually want to have a hearing or how they want to proceed.