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On the recordFebruary 24, 2016
Will you guys consider, or continue to try to provide some help so the families and inmates will not be faced with these extraordinary rates that they had been prior to your implementation of that rule?
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Sanford Bishop
Democratic · Georgia

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Sanford D. Bishop asks about support for families facing high prison call rates.

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