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![Only three of North Carolina’s 100 counties have fulfilled prison phone requests](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2019/06/06/NCov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Only three of North Carolina’s 100 counties have fulfilled prison phone requests
North Carolina has exactly 100 counties, and two weeks ago, MuckRock sent a public records request to each one of them in an effort to learn more about inmates’ options for prison communication.
![A fifth of Sheriffs’ Departments in Georgia have failed to respond to our prison phone requests.](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2018/08/22/SBCov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
A fifth of Sheriffs’ Departments in Georgia have failed to respond to our prison phone requests.
Of the 159 Georgia county Sheriffs’ Departments that received our request, 63 have completed it, 14 have claimed to have no responsive documents, and another 15 are requesting payment for the materials. (You can help us pay for these fees by contributing to the crowdfund on the project page.)
![Prison phone company Securus looking to acquire major competitor ICSolutions](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2018/07/20/SecurusCov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Prison phone company Securus looking to acquire major competitor ICSolutions
The Federal Communications Commission is currently considering a bid by Securus Technologies, one of the largest providers of prison phone services in the country, to further consolidate its hold on the inmate communications market by acquiring a competitor, Inmate Calling Solutions, which is currently owned by Keefe Group. The companies argue that a merger wouldn’t edge out competitors.