Hacker News with Generative AI: Inmates

Furious at FCC, Arkansas jail cancels inmate phone calls rather than lower rates (arstechnica.com)
Sheriff John Montgomery of Baxter County, Arkansas, isn't going to take it anymore—if by "it" you mean "having to offer lower phone call rates to incarcerated inmates."
Law Enforcement, Telecom, Arkansas, Prison, Inmates
12 points by voxadam 38 days ago | 1 comments
More than 1,100 inmates help Cal Fire battle for less than $30 a day (abc7.com)
Over 1,100 California inmates have been working around the clock in challenging conditions - including howling winds and toxic smoke - to help Cal Fire battle the Eaton and Palisades fires, the largest and most destructive of about a half-dozen fires that burned in the Los Angeles area in the past two weeks.
Wildfires, California, Prison Labor, Inmates
10 points by geox 97 days ago | 0 comments