Next Month the Federal Communications Commission will be ruling on regulations to cap the per-minute cost of phone calls to prisoners. Color of Change has an online petition urging the commissioners to do the right thing. Here's a part of their statement:
By now, the Commission is well-versed on why this is such a critical issue: keeping in contact with family is a key way to ensure an person’s success once he or she has served their term and returns to the community. This issue also disproportionately impacts Black people in the United States; one in nine Black children has a parent behind bars. And overall, it’s a constant challenge for 2.7 million children in our country to maintain contact with an incarcerated parent. We also know that after committing the same crimes, Black people on average receive longer sentences to federal prison than white people. The prison phone racket has negative effects on all communities, but this injustice hits Black communities especially hard.
(My Bolding)
Anyone who wishes to join their call to end this extortionate profiteering can follow this
link to the petition page. Please be sure to add your personal thoughts because the FCC is required to review every submitted comment.