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This bill establishes new regulations on phone call fees for inmates in Missouri correctional centers and jails, aimed at limiting the total cost of domestic phone calls. Specifically, the bill mandates that correctional centers cannot charge offenders more than twelve cents per minute for a domestic phone call, including all fees and per-minute rates. For jails, the rate varies based on the facility's size: jails with an average daily population of 1,000 or more inmates can charge up to fourteen cents per minute, while smaller jails with fewer than 1,000 inmates can charge up to twenty-one cents per minute. These provisions are designed to make communication more affordable for incarcerated individuals by capping the total cost of phone calls, which can often be prohibitively expensive for inmates and their families. The bill amends existing Missouri law by adding new sections to Chapters 217 and 221 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri (RSMo), directly addressing phone call pricing in correctional facilities.

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