Two lawsuits filed by a civil rights group allege that county jails in Michigan banned in-person visits in order to maximize revenue from voice and video calls as part of a “quid pro quo kickback ...

New litigation suggests prison phone companies have incentivized the elimination of in-person visits at prisons to spike their own profits. Reading time 3 minutes Two lawsuits filed by an activist ...

A St. Clair County judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the county that alleged the sheriff's department conspired with a telecommunications company to force jail inmates to use costly video ...

(CBS DETROIT) - Two lawsuits have been filed, accusing two Michigan counties of prohibiting in-person visits at jails so that the counties can make more money. The lawsuits allege that St. Clair ...

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