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New jail phone deal to collect profits for Ameritech, county.
Crain's Cleveland Business, November, 1999 by FORD, TOM
Every time a prisoner "reaches out" on one of the 400 telephones in the cell blocks of the Cuyahoga County Justice Center, the county rings up a profit. In an effort to keep what have become significant revenues flowing from the phones, the Cuyahoga County commissioners approved a new five-year contract Nov.
3 with Ameritech Corp. to continue providing collect call-only service to prisoners. The pact promises healthy profits for the county and the phone company alike. "It might be surprising to some that we make money from the collect calls the prisoners make," said Robert Pace, director of corrections for Cuyahoga County sheriff Gerald McFaul, who runs the Justice Center. "But actually, the state mandates that we provide the prisoners access to the phone,...
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