SAY NO TO TELEPHONE GREED
The prison and jail telephone industry wants to charge the children of incarcerated people $1 per minute for simple phone calls. We are fighting back.
Your donation can help us push for federal, state, & local regulation. Thank you for taking a stand against the exploitation of families.
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Your donation can help us push for federal, state, & local regulation. Thank you for taking a stand against the exploitation of families.
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Industry financials
We received via FOIA these financial reports on some of the companies in the prison and jail telephone market:
2018
- ATN
- Consolidated Telecom Inc
- ICSolutions Balance Sheet Statement of Operations
- Infinity Networks
- NCIC
- PayTel
- Securus
2017
- American Phone Systems
- ATN
- Crown Correctional Telephone
- Combined Public Communications
- Consolidated Telecom Inc
- ICSolutions Balance Sheet Statement of Operations
- Infinity Networks
- Legacy
- NCIC
- PayTel
2016
- Ally Telecom
- American Phone Systems
- ATN
- CenturyLink
- Combined Public Communications
- GTEL Holdings
- Infinity
- Lattice
- Legacy
- NCIC
- PayTel (and the official audited version for 2016)
- Securus
- Telmate
2015
- American Phone Systems
- CenturyLink
- City Tele Coin
- Combined Public Communications
- Crown Correctional Telephone
- GTEL Holdings
- Infinity Networks
- Inmate Calling Solutions
- Lattice
- NCIC
- PayTel
- Securus
- Telmate
2014
- American Phone Systems LLC
- Amtel
- CenturyLink
- Combined Public Communications Inc
- Consolidated Telecom Inc
- Crown Correctional Telephone Inc
- Global Tel*Link
- ICSolutions
- Infinity Networks, Inc
- Lattice, Incorporated
- Legacy
- NCIC and NCIC
- PayTel
- Securus
- Telmate
2013
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