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Senate passes bill capping county jail phone rates to align with state prison charges
Summary
The Utah Senate passed First Substitute House Bill 219 to limit county jail phone rates by capping them at no more than 1.25 times the state prison rate; sponsor Sen. Kitchen said the change is aimed at keeping families connected and cited roughly 44,000 Utah children with incarcerated parents.
Senators on the floor passed First Substitute House Bill 219, a measure intended to reduce wide variation in county jail phone charges and ease the financial burden on families. Sponsor Sen. Karen Kitchen said the bill "directs the county jails to cap the rate for inmate phone calls at no more than 1 and a quarter of what the state prison charges," and described the measure as "family focused" to help maintain ties between inmates and their…
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