The high price of jail phone calls and commissary purchases is the focus of a pair of proposed class-action lawsuits filed in Los Angeles and San Diego counties, the opening volleys in what could ...
Back then, the county charged an average markup – the difference between per-unit cost and the sale price – of 46 cents. It’s impossible to calculate the markup on items sold today. Cleveland.com ...
Ask almost anyone who’s spent time in the Durham County Detention Facility what it’s like, and you’ll hear three things: The food sucks, it’s cold, and items for sale in the commissary are overpriced.
Prisons, correctional facilities, and contractors working with those facilities in Massachusetts would be barred from charging incarcerated people more than 3% of the purchase cost for commissary ...
A man who recently bonded out of the Hamilton County Jail started a petition to restore commissary fare after the Sheriff's Office removed the ability to purchase certain foods, products and ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lawsuit targets the high price of phone calls and commissary items in the Los Angeles jails, including Twin Towers Correctional ...