 every one of those phone calls going in or out has to be monitored by the state and by the prison. And why? Because you can pass both escape information, contraband information, and other things that the inmate has no right to do. That's why they monitor inmate mail. I would imagine there is a fairly substantial cost to having to monitor all those phone calls. And if what the state is doing is recovering that cost instead of passing it on to you and me, I'm all for it.