Dallas County Drops Jail Phone Call Cost to $.01 per Minute

Dallas County commissioners voted to reduce the cost of jail phone calls to 1 cent per minute. The new rate is a 95% reduction in costs, making it the lowest rate in the country. As part of the contract, Dallas County will forgo profits from jail phone calls reducing county revenues by $2.8 million. Commissioners remark that the cheaper calls will help reduce recidivism rates, ultimately lowering the county’s jail costs by getting people out quicker.

Read more about the reform here and here.