telecom
Dana Floberg
The Prison Telecom Free-For-All is Over

The billion-dollar prison telecom industry is in for a bumpy ride. In July, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted unanimously to rein in the egregious rates charged for prison communication services, a move that spells trouble for the industry’s major players.

death penalty
Reverend Hillary Taylor
Allegro Industries Must Stop Enabling State ...

States are looking for new ways to execute people, and now they’re implicating South Carolinians. Whether it be a firing squad, the electric chair, or suffocation by nitrogen gas, South Carolina has its hand in calling for each. In our name, they are forsaking one of God’s most sacred principles, “Thou shalt not kill." For the sake of our souls, we must stop them.

telecom

The Prison Telecom Free-For-All is Over

The billion-dollar prison telecom industry is in for a bumpy ride. In July, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted unanimously to rein in the egregious rates charged for prison communication services, a move that spells trouble for the industry’s major players.

The Slow Death of a Prison Profiteer: How Activism Brought Securus to the Brink

Last week, the nation’s largest prison and jail telecom corporation, Securus, effectively defaulted on more than a billion dollars of debt. The slow death of the largest player in this space is not accidental. It follows six years of intense advocacy to expose the vulnerability of the prison telecom industry’s business model on both ethical and economic grounds.