Judge Strikes Down New York Jail’s Prolonged COVID Visitation Ban
The ban had helped the local sheriff rake in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profit from detainee video and phone call fees.
Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg · August 18, 2022

Between January and October 2021, the Broome County Sheriffs department took in more than half a million dollars from detainee phone calls and tablet use. | Jason Farrar
Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg is a freelance journalist based in New Jersey. She is a member of The Appeal transition team and the Amicus Collective. Elizabeth was previously a Senior Staff Reporter at The Appeal, and has also written for The Nation and Truthout. She… more
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