Inmate bilks $1,250 from faulty prison phone

A Florida jail inmate used a glitch in its phone system to pay for a bond to get himself out.

Inmate bilks $1,250 from faulty prison phone

A Florida jail inmate used a glitch in its phone system to pay for a bond to get himself out.

The system charges inmate accounts for calls but refunds the money if the call does not go through. But the system was reimbursing inmates twice for incomplete calls.

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