Harris County may cut the cost of jail phone calls. Advocates say it's still not enough.
According to provided by the Harris County Purchasing Agent, in 2018, inmates made over 18 million minutes of calls to and from the Harris County jail which resulted in over $2.5 million in commission for the County.said jail phone calls rates impact not only the mental health of inmates but on case outcomes and family connectivity.
Aventiv Technologies, the parent company to Secureus Technologies, said in a statement that since 2020 they have,"led an aggressive multi-year transformation," to hold themselves accountable and push the industry to answer to both consumers and communities.
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