Signaling the resumption of litigation over the cost of prison phone calls nationwide, a putative class action has been brought in Arkansas against a giant telecommuncations company that plaintiffs claim has gouged inmates with exorbitant rates.

Lead plaintiff and Arkansas resident Susan Mojica alleges Securus Technologies Inc. for more than a decade systematically overcharged by as much as 100 percent the cost of telephone calls from inmates in 2,200 prisons and jails in 45 states, according to Mojica v. Securus, filed Aug. 14 in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.

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