Map showing how much more expensive a phone call from a local jail is compared to a phone call from a state prison, by state

Data Source: Reports filed by the companies with the Federal Communications Commission about rates charged in 2021, and corrected and verified by the Prison Policy Initiative as described in our methodology. (Map: Prison Policy Initiative, 2022)

This map originally appeared in State of Phone Justice 2022: The problem, the progress, and what's next.

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