The Appeal’s Most Impactful Reporting in 2024
From changing policy to helping people get a shot at freedom, we’re proud of the vital work we published in 2024.
prison telecommunications
Tara Francis Chan
Incarcerated People Lose Communications Amid Securus’s Financial Woes
The prison telecom giant charges more than a million incarcerated people significant fees to contact their loved ones. But twice in one week, the service was down for long periods.
The Slow Death of a Prison Profiteer: How Activism Brought Securus to the Brink
On the hook to repay $1.3 billion of debt this year, the nation’s largest prison telecom company, Securus, is on the verge of bankruptcy. Its failure would represent a remarkable victory for advocates—and a potential beginning of the end for the industry as we know it.