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The high cost of staying in touch while incarcerated can linger long after release
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LC Paper No. CB(1)1759/10-11(04) (English version only)
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My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard: A Mother Jones Investigation – Mother Jones
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February 2012 Graterfriends
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8 Sneaky Charges Hiding on Your Cell Phone Bill
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3 Ascension Texas hospitals to pay $20.9M for alleged kickbacks
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Alabama prison workers on strike due to inhumane working & living conditions are using contraband phones to provide evidence directly to the DOJ. : r/WorkReform
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St. Jude Hoards Billions While Many of Its Families Drain Their Savings — ProPublica
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Millions of Dollars from Mexican Taxpayers Passed Through South Texas
U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia