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The Justice Department's Antitrust Division has voiced its support for enhanced competition and reduced prices in incarcerated people's communications services (IPCS). Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter emphasized the importance of affordable communication, stating, "Telephone services are a lifeline between incarcerated people and the outside world." He commended the FCC for its efforts to make rates fairer and more just over the past decade and encouraged further improvements in this area.In a comment submitted to the FCC, the Justice Department highlighted the...

On the hook to repay $1.3 billion of debt this year, the nation's largest prison telecom company, Securus, is on the verge of bankruptcy. Its failure would represent a remarkable victory for advocates—and a potential beginning of the end for the industry as we know it.

Thursday afternoons at Parkrose High, Victor Trillo Jr. sets out a spread and welcomes two dozen students as they file in for pizza or wings or subs. Over a meal they talk and write and draw – and they strengthen solidarity during meetings hosted by the nonprofit Pathfinder Network.

Thursday afternoons at Parkrose High, Victor Trillo Jr. sets out a spread and welcomes two dozen students as they file in for pizza or wings or subs. Over a meal they talk and write and draw – and they strengthen solidarity during meetings hosted by the nonprofit Pathfinder Network.

Private equity firms are capturing systems people in prison use and making them even more brutal and unaccountable.