{"id":3119,"date":"2025-01-17T16:22:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T16:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stand.org\/colorado\/?p=3119"},"modified":"2025-01-17T16:22:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T16:22:36","slug":"action-alert-keeping-families-connected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stand.org\/colorado\/our-stories\/action-alert-keeping-families-connected\/","title":{"rendered":"Action Alert: Keeping Families Connected"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Facing a bleak budget environment, the Joint Budget Committee is considering cutting funding for the\u00a0implementation of free prison phone calls to\u00a050% of the cost this year, leaving Colorado families facing challenges staying connected.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-standart-blue-color has-white-color-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/act.stand.org\/a\/jbc-phone-calls\">Email Joint Budget Committee Members<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leg.colorado.gov\/bills\/hb23-1133?nvep=&amp;hmac=&amp;emci=59e37bc0-45d4-ef11-88d0-0022482a9d92&amp;emdi=ea000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&amp;ceid=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HB23-1133,\u202fCost of Phone Calls for Persons in Custody, <\/a>made prison communication free across Colorado in state and private facilities with funding phased in over three years. The bill cut call costs by 25% in the first year, 35% in the second year, and is supposed to make all calls free starting July 1, 2025. 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