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Furious at the FCC, Arkansas jail cancels inmate phone calls rather than lower rates
(arstechnica.com)
this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2025
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Who in their right mind started to allow running infrastructure, but especially prisons and hospitals, as for-profit businesses? ๐ตโ๐ซ๐ตโ๐ซ
Isn't it blatantly obvious that it can only ever be detrimental to society?
Yes. Politicians and lobbyists.
And we allowed it because "who cares, they're criminals".