Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Linda Riordan (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Wednesday, 25 June 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 53 members in total.

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COST OF TELEPHONE CALLS FOR PRISONERS

That this House welcomes the super-complaint on the high cost of telephone calls for prisoners lodged with Ofcom by the national consumer councils of England, Scotland and Wales and supported by the Prison Reform Trust; is concerned that the cost of a 30-minute call from a prison to a landline is over seven times more expensive than the equivalent call from a public payphone; is further concerned at the persistently high cost of telephone calls for prisoners, at a time when costs for other basic telephone services have fallen by 60 per cent.; notes that prisoners are six times less likely to reoffend if they have a supportive family network to return to when they come out, and that almost half of people in prison lose contact with their families during their sentence; and calls on the Government to ensure that current and future contracts for providing telephone services for prisoners require providers to charge fair prices.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1891 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

John McDonnell

Ann Cryer

Neil Gerrard

Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

David Heath

Subjects

Administration of justice Prisons Telecommunications

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk