The funds are supposed to be spent on jail operations and to benefit the people incarcerated there, but PennLive found much of it was not.
Each phone call from the Dauphin County jail costs more than $3. There are additional fees for video calls, emails, voicemails and multimedia messages. For nearly a year, Judi LaVia Jones’s son was incarcerated in Dauphin County Prison.
Each month, she said she put $400 to $500 in his account. It wasn’t an expense Jones wanted, but it was the only way to stay in touch with him. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
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