ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Department of Corrections plans to allocate $1 million to a new program that will make a small number of phone calls free for people serving time in prison who display good behavior.
Starting in October, incarcerated people who don’t receive a disciplinary report for three months will be eligible to make a free 15-minute phone call as part of a pilot included in the state’s budget that was approved this month by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature.
The program, which limits free phone calls to only once a month, was set up to promote contact between incarcerated people and their loved ones, ease the financial burdens for people who struggle to afford the phone service and incentivize good behavior in prison.
