In order to complete this assignment, you will need to read the report by Wagner & Jones (February 2019) titled “State of Phone Justice: Local jails, state prisons, and private phone providers”.

  1. Looking at the State of North Carolina:
    1. What was the highest cost of a 15 minute in-state call from a jail in 2018?
    2. What was the average cost of a 15 minute in-state call from a jail in 2018?
    3. What was the cost of a 15 minute in-state call from a state prison in 2018?
    4. How many times higher is the average jail rate compared to the state prison’s rate?
  2. What advantages do state prisons have compared to local jails? What makes local jails more vulnerable to signing bad contracts?
  3. How are companies like Western Union and Securus going around FCC regulations in regards to fees?
  4. What role does corporate consolidation play in prison phone contracts?
  5. What were some of the key recommendations in this report? Give at least 1 recommendation that you considered to be key in three different groups.