FIGHT AGAINST EXPLOITATION
The prison and jail telephone industry is taking advantage of the captive market of incarcerated people and their families to charge outrageous fees and rates for simple phone calls and messages. Join us in the fight to end this exploitation, so that people behind bars and their families can afford to stay in touch.
Thank you,
—Peter Wagner, Executive Director Donate
Thank you,
—Peter Wagner, Executive Director Donate
Iowa contract and commission archive
These contracts and commission reports for telephone service to jails in Iowa were collected as part of our work before the Iowa Utilities Board. Each is the current contract as of June 2019.
- Bremer County: Contract | January 2019 Commission Report | February 2019 Commission Report | March 2019 Commission Report
- Cass County: Contract
- Clinton County: Contract
- Crawford County: Contract
- Louisa County: Contract
- Mahaska County: February 2019 Commission Report | March 2019 Commission Report | April 2019 Commission Report
- Polk County: Contract | February 2019 Commission Report | March 2019 Commission Report | April 2019 Commission Report
- Story County: Contract | January 2019 Commission Report | February 2019 Commission Report | March 2019 Commission Report
- Webster County: Contract | January 2019 Commission Report | February 2019 Commission Report | March 2019 Commission Report
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