L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis authored a motion to reduce some of the hidden costs of incarceration, which the Board of Supervisors approved Tuesday. Photo courtesy of L.A. County CEO’s Office.
Following impassioned testimony from more than a dozen advocates for incarcerated people and their families, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to come up with a plan that would ban expensive collect calls and markups on commissary items in jails and juvenile detention facilities.
Supervisor Hilda Solis, who authored the motion , said the vote recognizes the impact incarceration has had on communities of color […]
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