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Jails are replacing visits with video calls—inmates and families hate it
We tried one of the awful video services many jails offer instead of visitation.
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In a few years they can try VR
That's a pretty low effort comment for something that furthers dehumanizing inamtes and makes it even harder for them to rehabilitate.
I don't know why I can't downvote, but you'd get one.
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For-profit prisons, why wouldn't they replace free family visits with $5 a minute skype calls? They already charge $1 plus a minute where I am for phone calls, more than the quoted 50¢ to $1 quoted in this article. On top of that require you have $20 on the account before the prisoner can call your number.