Texas State Prison phone rates and kickbacks | Prison Phone Justice

Texas State Prison phone rates and kickbacks

Texas ranks 14th in the nation for the affordability of a 15 minute call.

Kickbacks paid

$6,760,593.15 paid in 2019.

Percentage of call cost going to kickbacks: 40%

Updated kickback data not currently available. Kickback amount from FY2012.

Cost of a 15-minute Intrastate Call

	Collect	Prepaid	Debit
Same state	$0.90	$0.90	$0.90
Local	$0.90	$0.90	$0.90

Detailed rates

	Collect	Prepaid	Debit
Same state	0.06/min	0.06/min	0.06/min
Local	0.06/min	0.06/min	0.06/min

Phone service providers

CenturyLink

Notes

Updated kickback data not currently available. Kickback amount from FY2012.

Data current as of 2019-2020

Historical Data for Texas

Primary source documents

State DOC Rates

State DOC Contracts

State DOC Commission Data

County Contracts