[thoughtomator]

Yeah well, when that also applies to calls to their lawyers, and taking into account that a lot of the people we're talking about have only been charged and haven't been convicted (and are therefore innocent in the eyes of the law), we are talking due-process violation.

Not like you ever had a use for the Constitution other than toilet paper, but the rest of us happen to like seeing the nation follow the law.

[presidio9]

Awwwww: Are expensive phone calls a violation of your Constitutional Right to illegal drugs? TS!

[Myrddin]

Yeah well, when that also applies to calls to their lawyers, and taking into account that a lot of the people we're talking about have only been charged and haven't been convicted (and are therefore innocent in the eyes of the law), we are talking due-process violation.

Wrong. Prisons are used to house individuals who have been convicted of felonies with incarceration periods from 1 year to life. Jails are used for short term incarceration with periods under 1 year and for short term incarceration of individuals awaiting trial who have not yet been convicted, but are deemed a flight risk or danger to the community.

People who are in prison and making calls to their lawyers have been convicted and sentenced. Calls to their lawyers would be associated only with an appeals process.