RICHMOND, Texas (AP) — Four-year-old William Cole saw his father’s face and reached out to touch it during a jail visit. But he could only feel a video screen. The facility in Fort Bend County, ...

HOBART – From her dining room table on an evening in February, Stacie Bryant logged onto her tablet to see her son for the first time in nearly four weeks. Tyler Bryant, 23, is currently serving 90 ...

Two lawsuits filed this week accuse Michigan sheriff's offices of colluding with large prison telecom companies to end face-to-face jail visitations and then price gouge families who are forced to ...

New litigation suggests prison phone companies have incentivized the elimination of in-person visits at prisons to spike their own profits. Reading time 3 minutes Two lawsuits filed by an activist ...

Reekila Harris-Dudley had been eagerly awaiting the video call. At 4 feet, 11 inches tall, she was perched on a plastic crate at the Genesee County jail in Flint, Michigan, positioning herself in ...

Bans on in-person visitation cause long-lasting psychological harm to both incarcerated parents and their children Credit: Shutterstock In 2017, St. Clair County Jail completely banned people from ...

The suits contend that two counties entered into agreements with telecommunications companies that would bring more money because of increased use of phone calls and electronic messaging. By Aimee ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington Department of Corrections video calls system is down and won’t work until Friday, meaning anyone hoping to video conference with someone in the Washington prison system ...