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How Companies Like JPay Are Making Millions Charging Prisoners to Send An Email | WIRED

'Inside prisons, e-messaging companies are quietly building a money-making machine virtually unhindered by competition—a monopoly that would be intolerable in the outside world. '

'It’s based in a simple formula: Whatever it costs to send a message, prisoners and their loved ones will find a way to pay it. '

'With many prisons reaping a roughly 5-cent commission per message, prison systems that use JPay stand to collect $710,000 on e-messages alone. '

'But Jones, who spends about $40 a month on JPay stamps, could not afford to send photos of her cousins’ children. '

'Nearly half of all state prison systems now have some form of e-messaging: JPay’s services are available to prisoners in 20 states, including Louisiana. '


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