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John,

The Keeping Families Connected/No Cost Calls Coalition and Color Of Change
were recently with Gov. Maura Healey and Massachusetts lawmakers
celebrating a victory in the ongoing fight against prison profiteering by
making phone and video calls free between incarcerated people and their
loved ones.

PHOTOS by Joshua Qualls/Governor's Press Office. Members of the No Cost
Calls Coalition celebrate alongside Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and
state legislators.

[2]Credit: Joshua Qualls/Governor’s Press Office

In January 2023, Color Of Change joined the No Cost Calls Steering
Committee as we sought to support the efforts of advocates fighting for
phone justice by raising awareness about how the exorbitant cost of phone
and video calls disproportionately hurts Black families in Massachusetts.

Nia Reid-Patterson and her family have been advocating for more than six
years to keep families connected without oppressive financial burdens.
When Massachusetts became the fifth state to make phone calls free,
Reid-Patterson said this with relief: “It feels like a boulder has been
lifted off my chest. Like many other families, making the choice between
paying for calls to keep our families connected and groceries has been
nothing short of cruelty from predatory prison phone companies profiting
from our already vulnerable families.”

Beginning Dec. 1, 2023, families were able to make phone and video calls
to their incarcerated loved ones at no cost. Call volume surged 45% that
month, representing thousands of connections between loved ones and a
burden lifted for families across the state.

But crucially, John, our work doesn't stop here. Color Of
Change will continue to uplift impacted families by prioritizing the
humanity of incarcerated people and pushing back against the for-profit
carceral industry that targets our communities.

[ [link removed] ]You can support this and other campaigns to create a more human, less
hostile world for Black people when you donate $5 to Color Of Change.
Strengthen the fight to end prison profiteering and the burden it puts on
Black families once and for all.

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Until Justice Is Real,
Color Of Change Team



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