Offender Telephone Services gives Texas Inmates 240 minutes a MONTH to make phone calls to the 10 family members/friends on the offenders visitation list. That's only 24 minutes per MONTH per family member/friend. We are petitioning to [email protected] to ask that they consider giving us MORE minutes. Thank you
The emails I receive from families struggling to maintain basic human connections remain heavy and exhausting to read. I have been reaching out to the department consistently but the silence from their office is a clear message about where these families rank on their list of priorities. We keep pushing because isolation cannot be the standard for our loved ones.
May 18, 2010
Reaching this level of support makes the long nights of fighting for these minutes feel worth the effort. It is exhausting work but seeing this many people demand change keeps me going.
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Ashley Shrader
11 years ago
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TIFA - Texas Inmate Families Association, helping stregthening families through support, education, and advocacy
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Ashley Shrader
11 years ago
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Phone calls are BIG profits for these companies. If a petition does not work maybe a boycott will. Some times money just speaks louder than words. Sometimes we have to sacrifice to make change.
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Ashley Shrader
11 years ago
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Phone calls are BIG profits for these companies. If a petition does not work maybe a boycott will. Some times money just speaks louder than words. Sometimes we have to sacrifice to make change.
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Ashley Shrader
11 years ago
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Phone calls are BIG profit for these companies. If a petition does not work maybe a boycott will. Some times money just speaks louder than words. Sometimes we have to sacrifice to make change.
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Sharon Whitaker
16 years ago
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240 mins is not enough to keep a family together. My kids need to hear their dad voice more than a couple times a week. Fix this now.
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Mike Rodriguez
16 years ago
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THEY ARE LITERALLY MAKING US PAY TOO MUCH FOR CALLS. JUST LET THEM TALK TO THEIR FAMILY. IT IS RIDICULOUS.
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Nadine Cabana
11 years ago
Let's up the minutes and lower the cost.
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Nadine Cabana
11 years ago
Let's up the minutes and lower the cost.
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Offender Telephone Services gives Texas Inmates 240 minutes a MONTH to make phone calls to the 10 family members/friends on the offenders visitation list. That's only 24 minutes per MONTH per family member/friend. We are petitioning to [email protected] to ask that they consider giving us MORE minutes. Thank you
The emails I receive from families struggling to maintain basic human connections remain heavy and exhausting to read. I have been reaching out to the department consistently but the silence from their office is a clear message about where these families rank on their list of priorities. We keep pushing because isolation cannot be the standard for our loved ones.
May 18, 2010
Reaching this level of support makes the long nights of fighting for these minutes feel worth the effort. It is exhausting work but seeing this many people demand change keeps me going.
8 Comments
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Ashley Shrader
11 years ago
Featured
TIFA - Texas Inmate Families Association, helping stregthening families through support, education, and advocacy
A
Ashley Shrader
11 years ago
Featured
Phone calls are BIG profits for these companies. If a petition does not work maybe a boycott will. Some times money just speaks louder than words. Sometimes we have to sacrifice to make change.
A
Ashley Shrader
11 years ago
Featured
Phone calls are BIG profits for these companies. If a petition does not work maybe a boycott will. Some times money just speaks louder than words. Sometimes we have to sacrifice to make change.
A
Ashley Shrader
11 years ago
Featured
Phone calls are BIG profit for these companies. If a petition does not work maybe a boycott will. Some times money just speaks louder than words. Sometimes we have to sacrifice to make change.
S
Sharon Whitaker
16 years ago
Featured
240 mins is not enough to keep a family together. My kids need to hear their dad voice more than a couple times a week. Fix this now.
M
Mike Rodriguez
16 years ago
Featured
THEY ARE LITERALLY MAKING US PAY TOO MUCH FOR CALLS. JUST LET THEM TALK TO THEIR FAMILY. IT IS RIDICULOUS.
N
Nadine Cabana
11 years ago
Let's up the minutes and lower the cost.
N
Nadine Cabana
11 years ago
Let's up the minutes and lower the cost.
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