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October 19, 2017 09:13 am PDT
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Trump's free market FCC loves monopolies, especially when they rip off prisoners' families
The American prison system is home to one of the greatest market-failures in the history of telephony (which is saying something): a monopolistic system in which sole-supplier, hedge-fund owned telcoms operators charge as much as $14/minute for prisoners to talk with their lawyers, families and loved ones. (more…)
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