how much do they charge for calls from jail
On average, most phone calls from jail will cost anywhere from $1 to $2 per minute for a collect call. So a 15-minute phone call could cost upwards of $15 to $30. The FCC put a cap on how much a phone company can charge when a call is made from a jail. The FCC stated that a long-distance phone call could not be charged more than $0.25 per minute. So, using that 15-minute phone call above, the costs cannot be more than $3.75. According to a NYTimes.com article, the average family could pay anywhere from $2.36 to as much as $17 for a 15-minute call.