![S'hantel Butler, an Army veteran living in Hinesville and mental health counselor, said she has spent thousands of dollars talking with a loved one in a Georgia state prison where communications provider Securus charges $3 per deposit and 14 cents per minute to talk by phone. "They want to drain money from us, too." Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current](https://www.gpb.org/sites/default/files/styles/flexheight/public/2023-04/shantel-butler-wide-image-phone-fees-scaled.jpg?itok=dhEKBZ_x)
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S'hantel Butler, an Army veteran living in Hinesville and mental health counselor, said she has spent thousands of dollars talking with a loved one in a Georgia state prison where communications provider Securus charges $3 per deposit and 14 cents per minute to talk by phone. "They want to drain money from us, too."
Credit: Justin Taylor / The Current