Companies charge for every call made from prisons across America. But it’s the families and friends of the incarcerated person who end up paying those bills.

Companies charge for every call made from prisons across America. But it’s the families and friends of the incarcerated person who end up paying those bills.

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Op-ed by Dr. Ben Chavis: Stopping the Exploitation of Prisoners and Their Families Requires More Comprehensive Solutions

2020 brought renewed global focus to issues of social justice in America. From the racial disparities and inequities highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic to the killings of George Floyd and so many other Black and Brown Americans at the hands of police officers have all contributed to the evolving social justice “reckoning” across the nation.