Phone calls from prison used to cost 11 cents a minute. Now through Securus, they’re cheaper, but the connection — a “lifeline” for many — is poor. MONROE — Jacob Schmitt used to spend hours every day ...

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Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Jovaan Lumpkin entered the Connecticut state prison system in 2004, at age 17. In the ...