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Tweet - "Prisons are hotspots in this #COVID19 pandemic & we must look out for the health and well-being of incarcerated individuals. With in-person visits suspended in federal prisons, inmates should still be able to stay in touch with their families and loved ones, free of charge."

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Date: April 8, 2020
Issues: National Security Health and Health Care Criminal Justice

"Prisons are hotspots in this #COVID19 pandemic & we must look out for the health and well-being of incarcerated individuals. With in-person visits suspended in federal prisons, inmates should still be able to stay in touch with their families and loved ones, free of charge."

"The recently passed CARES Act gave the BOP new authority to eliminate the fees for federal inmates to call or teleconference their loved ones. Yesterday I joined @SenAmyKlobuchar to urge the BOP to institute this policy change as quickly as possible."

@SenatorDurbin


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