How Prisons Profit Off Prisoners

Members of the Jury

Step into the arena with Civil Plaintiff's Attorney and former Deputy Public Defender Zach Davina as we take the issue of "Profiting from Prisoners" to the box!
In this episode you will learn:

• How there is a monopoly on the prison telecommunication business
• How that monopoly creates an unjust price schedule for phone calls and commissary
• How often times it is the families of the incarcerated who bare the cost because prisoner either don't provide jobs or if they do, pay cents on the dollar.

Resources used for the preparation of this episode:

• https://www.aclu.org/issues/smart-justice/meet-prison-profiteers
• https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/commissary.html
• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/26/theyre-profiting-off-pain-the-push-to-rein-in-the-12bn-prison-phone-industry

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