DARTMOUTH, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is asking for more than $160 million in her supplemental budget for county sheriffs in the state, with a large chunk of that going to cover free phone calls for jail inmates.
The state’s no-cost calls law, signed by Healey in 2023, requires calls be free and unlimited for inmates in Massachusetts jails. But, Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux thinks unlimited is too much.
“Unlimited is unreasonable, there should be a cap on it,” Heroux said…