TORONTO - Neither Bell Canada nor the Ontario government will say how much money they made from a jail phone system that charged what lawyers describe...
TORONTO - Neither Bell Canada nor the Ontario government will say how much money they made from a jail phone system that charged what lawyers describe as “exorbitant” rates for inmate calls over eight years.
As well, the province took a commission on the money Bell made from those calls — which the court said numbered about 15,000 a day. The government declined to provide the amount collected or explain why it collected a commission, in response to queries from The Canadian Press. “Most people are calling their loved ones ... Their loved ones didn’t commit a crime. You know what I mean? And this is who ends up paying for these phone bills and having to go into debt, having to struggle financially.”
Capay frequently spoke with his son while he was in solitary, with the charges from the collect calls leading to phone bills between $250 and $500 — some over $1,000, he wrote in an affidavit. The recent Appeal Court ruling on the proposed class action put a temporary stay on the case. The ruling said the case should instead go before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to assess “the reasonableness of the rates.”
The proposed class action seeks more than $150 million in damages and restitution equal to the money paid by those affected.
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