Topline: A new program that gives unlimited free phone calls to Massachusetts prisoners cost taxpayers $12.5 million in fiscal year 2025, according to the Boston Herald. Key facts: The program was ...

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 ...

An Indiana day care teacher is accused of abusing children in her care as she spent hours on video calls with a jail inmate, officials say. Laniecia Michelle Smith, 31, is facing five counts of ...

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 ...