Prison phone providers drop deal

Ben Remaly

04 April 2019

Two prison telephone service providers have cancelled their proposed tie-up after the Department of Justice and Federal Communications Commission raised concerns that the deal would hurt competition in the market for inmate telecommunications services.

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Ben Remaly

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