Well, let's not forget we are talking about a prison. These people are being punished. To further protect the public take these priviledges away. The hell with them. Let them write letters. If this doesn't work out...well, too f/n bad.

The only reason I can think of it that the prison actually makes money off of pay phones. I believe MCI charges the receiver a flat amount and the prison gets a cut of that.

Again, yank the phones out, the hell with them.