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Odd how people who usually respect free markets do such a fast U-turn when it comes to screwing over cons.

Hmmmm... I think the cons were put in prison for screwing over the free market system!

[cinFLA]

(Not exactly your $5+ per minute!)

Lucrative Telephone Contracts Hold Prison Callers Captive; Inmate Advocates Say Deals Are Financially Exploitative -
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 18, 1998

When Dannielle Hadley picks up the telephone to talk to her two teen-age sons, her loved ones dig deep into their pockets.

A typical 15-minute collect call to Philadelphia on a Saturday night costs her $ 7.05. The same call through AT&T's automated long-distance service would usually cost her $ 4.79.

But Hadley's circumstances are unusual: She's an inmate at the state Correctional Institution in Muncy, 120 miles northwest of Philadelphia.