connecting families
OUR GOAL
free communication
Connecting Families is a network of national, state, and local campaigns fighting to connect families with their incarcerated loved ones by making prison and jail communication free.
Join a Campaign
There are now more Connecting Families campaigns than ever before. We can connect you to efforts in your state.
Contact Your Representative
Tell your elected officials to make prison and jail communication free.
Write Your Regulators
Tell the Federal Communication Commission to set just and reasonable rates for prison and jail communication.
OUR PROGRESS
More than two dozen prison and jail systems have made communication free for incarcerated people and their families. Today, over 330,000 incarcerated people, and their loved ones, have access to free prison or jail phone calls, and in some cases, other communication services. And we’re just getting started.
330,000
incarcerated people, and their families, have access to fully free phone calls
“As someone who has been on both ends of these calls, I know their importance. Hearing a familiar voice — a loving voice — when you’re at your lowest can change the trajectory of not just your day, but your life. Under no circumstance, should the cost of a call prevent families from supporting their loved ones inside when they need it most, and certainly not separate a parent from their child. I was lucky to make it past that moment in my life and to where I am today, everyone should be given that chance. I’m excited to join Worth Rises and the Connecting Families campaign in calling for free prison and jail communication nationwide. The time is now.”
— CARON BUTLER, NBA coach and former player
