< Canada: Pay phones provide a lifeline | | Japan: Payphones vanishing fast > MCI's Prison Payphone rates exploit poor families May 03, 2007 "This is a state-sponsored scam," said state Sen. Andrew McDonald, D-Stamford. "It's an outrageous intrusion on the rights of families with people in prison. And that's who bears this cost - the families." McDonald said the money generated from the calls should instead be spent on inmate re-entry programs, and he plans to work with state officials to implement such a reform. Read more at Courant.com