According to records obtained from the office’s financial services branch, in 2011 — the last year for which figures are available — the Sheriff’s Office brought in $612,000 in gross telephone ...

The new contract with inmate phone service provider Consolidated Telecom, Inc., will start in February 2024 and replace the agreement Champaign County has had with Securus Technologies since 2018.

Under its contract to provide inmate telephone services in state-run prisons, Global Tel Link pays 55 percent of its gross revenues to the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. The ...