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Collected Item: “San Francisco Announces All Phone Calls From County Jails Are Now Free”

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San Francisco Announces All Phone Calls From County Jails Are Now Free

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images and article

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San Francisco has stepped out to lead the nation in criminal justice reform by cutting the cost of phone calls and commissary items from its jails. They cite the change as especially necessary during the Covid pandemic.

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criminal justice reform, incarceration, jail, San Francisco Bay Area, profit, social justice

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https://twitter.com/MyrPressOffice/status/1292867723513360384

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San Francisco Mayor's Office

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2020-08-10
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