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A St. Clair County judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the county that alleged the sheriff's department conspired with a telecommunications company to force jail inmates to use costly video ...

A federal rule prohibiting jail and prison phone companies from paying a commission to law enforcement has prompted the Baxter County sheriff to announce he will remove the phones inmates use to ...

The jail phones are the only real connection to the outside world for inmates at the overcrowded Hill-Finklea Detention center in Monks Corner. While the days of "one phone call" are past, phone ...