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09-01-2008, 10:39 AM
Alaska agency to investigate proposed fee for inmates' calls from jail

The Associated Press

Published Sunday, August 31, 2008

ANCHORAGE -- A state regulatory agency will decide if a proposed $2 fee for collect calls from inmates is justified.

An Alaska phone company, General Communications Inc., planned to start charging the fee Monday for each collect call made from a state prison, jail or halfway house. It would be billed to the person accepting the call.


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