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Interview with Shawanda Miller
JM: Did you have regular access to telephones?
Shawanda Miller: Yes. During non lockdown times. You couldn't
use the phone after breakfast until the cleaning
was done. Lockdown used to be 1 hour before
lunch, 1 hour before supper. Then they'd shut
the phones off at 10:00 pm.
JM: What types of charges applied for calling people?
Shawanda Miller: Collect used to be $2.35 for approximately 10
minutes.
JM: Did you need to buy phone cards to call out?
Shawanda Miller: Before all calls where collect. But now I
believe you can buy phone cards in the amount of
$5.00, $10.00, $15.00 & $20.00. The other jails
like Ramsey County, Washington County, you have
to set up an account. Dakota County uses or
used to use Evercom Correctional Billing
Services and you still need to call them to set
up an account and they would let the first $100
or $200 go through I believe.
JM: Did the jail screen your calls?
Shawanda Miller: The jail records all phone calls