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I purchased a cell phone with a local number to the prison and my inmate was still charged long distance rates. How does CheapInmateCalls guarantee local calling rates with the Bureau of Prisons?

April 26, 2017Cell phone charged cheapinmatecalls inmate local long distance prison rates

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I purchased a cell phone with a local number to the prison and my inmate was still charged long distance rates. How does CheapInmateCalls guarantee local calling rates with the Bureau of Prisons?

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In our testing we found that the BOP has very strict rules governing what is a local call and what is not. Having the same area code is not good enough for local rates. In fact, we found that the BOP does not even follow the ‘rules’ for local calls used by most phone companies. We verify each and every number to ensure that our lines are charged local rates to each prison.