Minnesota State Prison phone rates and kickbacks | Prison Phone Justice

Minnesota State Prison phone rates and kickbacks

Minnesota ranks 6th in the nation for the affordability of a 15 minute call.

Kickbacks paid

$625,022.48 paid in 2019.

Percentage of call cost going to kickbacks: 32.5-32.8%

2019 kickback data includes Jan-July

Cost of a 15-minute Intrastate Call

	Collect	Prepaid	Debit
Same state	$0.60	$0.60	$0.60
Local	$0.60	$0.60	$0.60

Detailed rates

	Collect	Prepaid	Debit
Same state	0.04/min	0.04/min	0.04/min
Local	0.04/min	0.04/min	0.04/min

Phone service providers

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Notes

2019 kickback data includes Jan-July

Data current as of 2019-2020

Historical Data for Minnesota

Primary source documents

State DOC Rates

State DOC Contracts

State DOC Commission Data