NY Legislature Stops Unjust Prison Phone Contract

From a Malkin & Ross press release:

“The New York State Senate and Assembly reached agreement at the end of this year’s legislative session on legislation that would treat prison telephone service as a right, not as a revenue generator.

“‘Words cannot describe what this victory means to me — unless they are written on a phone bill that I can now afford to pay,’ said Cheri O’Donoghue, whose young son is incarcerated in New York State. ‘It is such a relief that I can now talk to my son more frequently without financial hardship.'”

Read more at Readmedia.com, or visit telephonejustice.org