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As officers, we are under more scrutiny than the inmates. Our calls are monitored just as the inmates’ calls are monitored. The institution checked out an eight day section of staff phone calls. It was discovered that some were making long distance phone calls from the prison. An email was sent out informing everyone to stop doing this immediately.

Part of the problem lies in that the prison is just across the river from Wisconsin. Many people from Wisconsin work here. If they must call home, that is a long distance call even if it is only a couple of miles away.

However, this should be their burden and not the states. Proper planning could've eliminated most of these calls. I could see if someone was forced to work overtime or volunteered to work overtime, that they should be allowed to make the call on the state's dime. However, it takes only a few people abusing something to negatively affect others.