Prison telecom companies donate fraction of profits to incarcerated people they exploit

Prison telecom companies donate fraction of profits to incarcerated people they exploit

Real journalists wrote and edited this (not AI)—independent, community-driven journalism survives because you back it. Donate to sustain Prism’s mission and the humans behind it. When Ashley Baker won a $5,000 scholarship from a Maryland nonprofit that supports foster care youth, the money—and the relationship she developed with the charity—got her through a troubling time in her life.  The 24-year-old spent much of her childhood in foster care,…