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The legislation was implemented quickly in July 2023 and is expected to save families $4.5 million annually. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/699fccba12bdc435eea40214/282a4441-0679-42a5-a7b4-39c05939d156/Website%2BCFN%2BWins.png Campaigns In May 2023, Colorado passed legislation to make all prison calls free, making it the third state to do so. The legislation has a three-year graduated implementation timeline. When fully implemented, the legislation will save families more than $9 million annually. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/699fccba12bdc435eea40214/5e1401d9-c9fa-4323-a1a4-a5d691bcfe28/Website%2BCFN%2BWins%2B%282%29.png Campaigns In May 2021, Supervisor Hilda Solis introduced a motion to provide free phone calls in LA County jails. The Board passed it unanimously, but implementation stalled. In July 2023, they brought a similar motion with clearer language that again passed, requiring free jail calls by December 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/699fccba12bdc435eea40214/f56f981f-5213-4626-be5f-245df40d7daf/CFN%2BWebsite%2BBlocks%2B%25281%2529.jpg Campaigns In December 2022, Congress passed the Martha Wright Reed Just and Reasonable Communication Act to confirm the FCC’s regulatory authority over all prison and jail calls and grant authority over video calls for the first time. This legislation will bring meaningful relief to families across the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/699fccba12bdc435eea40214/c8ce1fca-bc66-4ca6-8676-7769de0689de/CFN%2BWebsite%2BBlocks%2B%25282%2529.jpg Campaigns In September 2022, California passed legislation to make all prison calls free, making it the second state to do so. The legislation was quickly implemented in January 2023 with unlimited calling and will save California families over $33 million annually. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/699fccba12bdc435eea40214/c1d62afc-be71-4af0-a8c1-4f45ccdb7013/Miami.png Campaigns In April 2022, Miami-Dade County voted 9-2 to make jail communication free after more than a year of organizing, advocacy, and negotiations. Miami residents appeared in droves to testify about their experiences with the county’s extortionary jail communication services. This legislation will save Miami families an estimated $6.8 million every year! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/699fccba12bdc435eea40214/1e5d8d8c-00aa-4138-84e8-eb173ceb2089/CT.png Campaigns In June 2021, Connecticut passed legislation making it the first state to make all prison communication free! Thanks to years of advocacy, the bipartisan bill covers all prison communication services, affords every incarcerated person 90 minutes of call time per day, and protects visits from replacement by technology. The legislation went into effect on July 2022 and saves families over $14 million annually! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/699fccba12bdc435eea40214/08b11e82-fe5f-46cf-97aa-22eabd7f1983/march%2B2021%2B%286%29.png Campaigns In March 2021, Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer introduced a motion to make all jail communication free. Hundreds of community members submitted supportive comments and the Board passed the policy in 5-0 unanimous and bipartisan vote. The new policy went into effect in July 2021, saving families roughly $4 million every year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/699fccba12bdc435eea40214/f641593b-4b6c-48ed-a6ed-b2d8b7c80784/April%2B2020.png Campaigns The CARES stimulus bill made all phone and video calls free in federal prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks to advocacy pressure, people in federal prison received 500 minutes of free phone and video calls for roughly two years. We continue to fight to make prison communication free in the federal system permanently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/699fccba12bdc435eea40214/90630c29-20b0-42a3-a74c-0f142db9b3d8/June%2B2019.png Campaigns In June 2019, after months of advocacy, Mayor London Breed announced that San Francisco would make jail phone calls free! The new policy was codified in law shortly after and went into effect in August 2020, resulting in more than $1 million in savings for families every year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/699fccba12bdc435eea40214/7d5741e2-0d00-4cbe-b63f-4099535f4ddf/NYC.png Campaigns In July 2018, advocates successfully passed legislation to make all calls free from NYC jails! 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It is the sixth state to make prison phone calls free. The policy was put into effect in August 2025 with unlimited calling and will save more than 30,000 incarcerated people and their families in New York over $13 million annually. Read more. Contact: Worth Rises