Fulton County Jail

Telephones

Interview with Kelly and Emily

JM: Did you have regular access to telephones?
Kelly: I was able to use the phone. We could use the phone from 8:00 in the morning until 10:30 at night. There also was a phone to call the public defender. The cost was fifty cents and would be billed to whom you were calling as the call was collect. If there was a lock down, which happened sometimes, when individuals became unruly the phones were shut off.

JM: What types of charges applied for calling people?
Kelly: Cost to use the phone was 50 cents billed to the person you were calling as all calls were collect.

JM: Did you need to buy phone cards to call out?
Emily: no collect only
Kelly: We did not have phone cards but the phone was collect. There was no other way to make calls except to place collect calls.

JM: Did the jail screen your calls?
Emily: yes
Kelly: The phones were not monitored very well to my knowledge.