Bell operated the Offender Telephone Management System from 2013 to 2021 — which allowed inmates to only place collect calls — at a flat rate of $1 for local calls, but about $1 per minute plus a $2.50 connection fee for long-distance calls, according to a recent Appeal Court decision.
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. Breaches of Ontario man's charter rights so 'abhorrent, egregious' that murder charge stayed, judge rules More than 70 per cent of the people in Ontario's correctional facilities are on remand — accused but not convicted of a crime, awaiting bail or trial — according to a 2019 auditor general report.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.