Imagine that you’ve done some stupid stuff, made some mistakes, and now
are incarcerated for your crimes. But instead of being sent to the
state pen that’s in your actual state, you’re shipped 3000 miles away.
That’s
the situation facing prisoners at the Saguaro Correctional Facility in
Eloy, Arizona. They are all from Hawaii, which has contracted out some
of its correctional functions to a private company called Corrections
Corporation of America. CCA runs several facilities in and near Eloy.
Many
of these men have children, and their only option to keep in touch --
and even make sure they are remembered by their kids – has been
expensive phone calls home and monthly 15-minute videoconference calls.
But thanks to a federal grant, inmates can now participate in...
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