January 27, 2020
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#311 Let’s Talk About Bell’s Harmful Prison Phone Contract
Every year, Bell shines the spotlight on mental health for Let’s Talk Day. So we’re taking a look at their prison phone contract, which advocates say exacerbate mental health problems for inmates.
Jesse Brown
Host & Publisher
Tiffany Lam
Producer
Kevin Sexton
Producer

Featuring Souheil Benslimane, coordinator and co-founder of the Jail Accountability and Information Line and co-author of a report that calls Bell’s contract with with Ontario prisons “predatory.”

Read the viral Twitter thread from the Toronto Prisoners’ Rights Project that inspired this episode.

This episode is sponsored by WealthBar, Audible and CFUV.

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