Lives in Focus: Family Life Behind Bars » family life behind bars http://livesinfocus.org/prison Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:33:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Listen Now: Losing your paycheck to collect call fees? http://livesinfocus.org/prison/2010/01/28/listen-now-losing-your-paycheck-to-collect-calls-fees/ http://livesinfocus.org/prison/2010/01/28/listen-now-losing-your-paycheck-to-collect-calls-fees/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:27:05 +0000 Maya Pope-Chappell http://livesinfocus.org/prison/?p=1402 collect callsLast night, I hosted a dynamic show about the high cost of collect calls from prison and the burden they impose on families.  Sherry Murray and Edna Ford not only talked about the affect that the high cost has had on them personally, but the affect it’s had on their pockets.  Kiana Booker, Ford’s granddaughter, also joined us to talk openly and candidly about the complicated task of sustaining a relationship with the father who murdered her mother.

You can also see how much money people spent receiving these collect calls and what they sacrificed in the results of our survey here.

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