Keeping People Connected and Reducing Inmate Call Rates
While making the use of phones for fraudulent and other criminal purposes is still doubtful by some, Globaltel has come up with a new and cheap way to make international inmate calls across the globe.
Boca Raton, FL - 33487 USA, October 20, 2015 (Newswire.com) - While making the use of phones for fraudulent and other criminal purposes is still doubtful by some, Globaltel has come up with a new and cheap way to make international inmate calls across the globe. Today, it is possible to make long distance calls to any inmate serving in the jails/prisons of USA, Canada and other countries using Local Jail Number. Though the prisoners do not have the right to unlimited phone access, but now they can still stay in touch with their loved ones at affordable rates. The company only charges $29.99 per month. This could be a relief for the family members of the inmate, who cannot afford to make even single calls because the private companies charges really high rates for providing calling services. An inmate also gets the chance to talk to their family members. They can collect calls from the jail using a vendor serviced phone system.
The increase in the rates of inmate phone calls has been recently done. As until the 1990s prisoners were able to make calls or receive it similar to the rates outside the prison walls but due to the privatization and the involvement of various call service providers the call rates and fees are set in excess and now it’s around $1.2 billion business annually for their company.
Offering calling services at local call rates to the inmate is a good initiative that can take off the burden from the family members of the prisons, who get very rare chance to connect with their loved ones in jail. Globaltel can pay a pivotal role to bring people closer by erasing the privatization factor. However, correctional facilities do place few limits on the use of the telephone by prisoners.
Recently many civil rights groups are pushing the Federal Communications Commission to control the telephone companies that charges excessively high call rates, making their family losing the touch with their loved ones who are serving behind the bars. The body is working towards ensuring that people should have access to reasonably priced interstate telephone service. The reason behind such high call rates is because all calls are done through independent and private telephone service provider. They charge so high rates since they are entitled to pay the state a “commission”, which actually ranges from 15 % to 60 % either as a portion of revenue, a fixed upfront fee or a combination of both.
Overcharging inmates call rates is truly unfair as it not only discourages family members of prisoners to stay in touch with their loved ones behind the bars but also makes the prisoners a lonesome, who will not be able to fit in the outside world once they leave the prison.