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Frank Pallone: for far too long, the rates that have been charged for phone calls from our prisons and jails have just been usurious

On the recordJune 20, 2023
for far too long, the rates that have been charged for phone calls from our prisons and jails have just been usurious
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Pallone criticizes high phone call rates from prisons affecting families.

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