Calling a loved one in Colorado jails or prisons? Be prepared to pay some bucks.
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Tuesday, April 13, 2021 10:17 AM
Inmates in the La Plata County Jail hang out in the dormitory area.
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file
Calling a loved one in Colorado jails or prisons? Be prepared to pay some bucks.
Inmates in the La Plata County Jail hang out in the dormitory area.
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file
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The $9 that Jim Anthony paid for each video visit with his jailed son last year was expensive, but it was the best way he could make sure his son got to know his own child, after the coronavirus pandemic shut down in-person visits to the jail.