For many immigrants and next-gens in their 20s and 30s, moving back in with family has led to reconciliation and healing despite generational and cultural divides.

The Ameelio app ensures that incarcerated people and their loved ones can stay in touch without going into crippling debt.

With a shortage of digital tools, the suit stresses: “These conditions would be unacceptable in wealthier, whiter communities and do not meet the minimum standards set by the California legislature.”