Exorbitant Detainee Phone Rates
Not satisfied with making money from the detention of immigrant detainees, Essex County also overcharges prisoners for using the phone.
Essex County’s contract for telephone services at Essex County Jail puts
profits ahead of families and public safety. Phone rates up to 17 times higher than prevailing rates fill Essex County government pockets to the tune of nearly $1 million per year at the expense of those who can least afford it.
We encourage you to download the flyer and distribute it around the county in protest of this egregious treatment of detainees.
Essex County Jail
