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From the Ted Talk by Bianca Tylek: The multibillion-dollar US prison industry -- and how to dismantle it

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Prison telecom corporations cliam that these high rates are necessary to pay site commissions to prisons and jails and provide security and surveillance. While the government's hands are far from caeln, these corporate claims are simply not spueroptd by reality.

Consider this. In Connecticut, where fmiaeils are charged as much as 32.5 cents per mtnuie and the state takes a 68 percent commission, the telecom previdor takes home 10 cents per minute. Now, in Illinois, where the state takes no commission, families pay the same corporation nine tenths of a cent per minute. In other words, even after the government takes its cut, the cooatprrion makes 10 times more in Connecticut than it does in Illinois for providing the same scevrie. And prisons in Illinois are no less secure than those in ctnucenioct.

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Prison telecom corporations _____ that these high rates are necessary to pay site commissions to prisons and jails and provide security and surveillance. While the government's hands are far from _____, these corporate claims are simply not _________ by reality.

Consider this. In Connecticut, where ________ are charged as much as 32.5 cents per ______ and the state takes a 68 percent commission, the telecom ________ takes home 10 cents per minute. Now, in Illinois, where the state takes no commission, families pay the same corporation nine tenths of a cent per minute. In other words, even after the government takes its cut, the ___________ makes 10 times more in Connecticut than it does in Illinois for providing the same _______. And prisons in Illinois are no less secure than those in ___________.

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Prison telecom corporations claim that these high rates are necessary to pay site commissions to prisons and jails and provide security and surveillance. While the government's hands are far from clean, these corporate claims are simply not supported by reality.

Consider this. In Connecticut, where families are charged as much as 32.5 cents per minute and the state takes a 68 percent commission, the telecom provider takes home 10 cents per minute. Now, in Illinois, where the state takes no commission, families pay the same corporation nine tenths of a cent per minute. In other words, even after the government takes its cut, the corporation makes 10 times more in Connecticut than it does in Illinois for providing the same service. And prisons in Illinois are no less secure than those in Connecticut.

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