KASIE CAMPBELL phone charges update on the status of an FCC investigation The High Cost of Calling the ImprisonedMarch 30, 2015 Image The New York Times ^ $1.2 billion US prison phone industry upwards of $460 million annually reported last month New York Times phone charges billion-a-year prison phone industry technically buying profit off exhorbitant phone call rates "The High Cost of Calling the Imprisoned," "The High Cost of Calling the Imprisoned" broader charge you to make a phone call update on the status of an FCC investigation as much as $1.22 a minute According to the New York Times phone charges $1 a minute the $1.2 billion US prison phone industry concession fees can cost as much as $12.95 notoriously expensive $1 a minute $1 a minute the $1.2 billion US prison phone industry New York Times reported earlier this year predatory vendors reported last month phone charges update on the status of an FCC investigation $1 a minute concession fees prison phone calls as much as $1.22 a minute update on the status of an FCC investigation recent article technically buying concession fees prison telephone system