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.
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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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