A billboard on I-91 in West Haven over the summer calling on Gov. Ned Lamont to make phone calls free at correctional facilities across the state. The state Senate voted on Thursday to make it free for incarcerated people to call their loved ones from prison or jail. Sen. Martin Looney, President Pro Tem of the Senate and a New Haven Democrat, called the bill a “good investment of therapeutic policy” that would help reduce the feelings of alienation, detachment and isolation that so many people feel once they are released from incarceration. “I support this bill as a good investment in our campaign against prisoner recidivism,” Looney said.