No-Cost Telephone Calls For Prison Inmates Contribute To Big Increase In Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Budgets

Spending by county sheriffs, who run the state's jails and houses of correction, exploded far beyond their allocations in last year's state budget and Gov. Maura Healey has stepped in and asked the Legislature to bail them out with an additional $163 million.

No-Cost Telephone Calls For Prison Inmates Contribute To Big Increase In Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Budgets
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