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As a family member who has suffered from the total lack of caring from the Texas Criminal Justice system. I find it hard to believe that it has suddenly changed its stance on how inmates and families should stop being financially abused. If the system as it is reported stands first to gain millions from the installation of pay phones, who will still be paying for the call? Of course the families through the money put on the inmates books for any and all necessary items TDCJ has deemed allowable for the inmate. I would like to ask Embarg and former state Representative Ray Allen this question. "Who stands to win if Ray Allen is going to use his past relationship with the House Corrections Committee along with his conflicted relationship with Embarq to assist families in their financial burdens in the new TDCJ phone system? Since Ray Allen has had a past relationship with the House of Corrections Committee and his past relations obviously served as someone who didn't care about the family and inmate financial burdens. Who will win? To me that is a no brainer: Embarque (Mr. Ray Allen/ The State with millions of new revenue/ not the families or inmates).