‘Unlimited is unreasonable’: House Republicans, sheriffs call for limits on free inmate phone calls The program, designed to help inmates stay connected with their families, is drawing scrutiny over ...

A sinkhole opened in a neighborhood in Cranston Tuesday night. Heavy police presence in Warwick after crash A heavy police presence was seen in Warwick Tuesday night. Flying Shuttles hosts poetry ...

The federal judge highlighted decisions from the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Second and Eighth Circuits determining that inmates with knowledge of recordings undermines privilege given the Seventh ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Massachusetts’ policy of allowing inmates to make phone calls at no cost to recipients is affecting the budget for Hampden County jails. The policy, designed to help inmates maintain ...

Sheriff John Montgomery of Baxter County, Arkansas, isn’t going to take it anymore—if by “it” you mean “having to offer lower phone call rates to incarcerated inmates.” Noting that such phone calls ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Several states, communication companies, and direct-action groups are suing the FCC for a policy mandating a cap for phone and video call rates for inmates. The Federal Communications ...

Critics of the cost of phone calls for inmates call Montana's rates -- and similar rates charged in many states -- a de facto tax on the poor. State and county officials, however, say the money goes ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Action News Jax heard from the pregnant former girlfriend of a Duval County Jail inmate who died from injuries sustained in custody. Charles Faggart’s death Thursday afternoon ...

A man incarcerated at a California state prison was indicted on federal charges after prosecutors say he sexually exploited a teenage girl, who he’s accused of previously abusing, while contacting her ...