County looking at costs of jail cell calls

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has directed officials to investigate phone-company charges after hearing from a woman who said her monthly phone bill hit more than $1,000 because of calls from her jailed son.Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

"For the first nine months of my son's incarceration, my monthly phone bill has been over $1,000," Evelyn Arong told the board on Tuesday.

"I can't see what possibly would justify this outrageous markup for phone service. I would never have thought my phone bill would be such a major expense."