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Tatiana Walk-Morris

Posted inJustice

Illinois Prisons Expand Free Phone Calls

by Tatiana Walk-Morris and Chicago Reader August 27, 2026August 27, 2026

This story was originally published by the Chicago Reader. he Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) is extending a pilot program that provides incarcerated people with 775 minutes of free phone calls per month.  Naomi Puzzello, public information officer for the IDOC, confirmed in an email to the Chicago Reader that the department decided to extend […]

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