“Staycations” were popular during the 2009 economic crash. The neologism was coined in 2003 by a Myrtle Beach Sun-News writer, describing using vacation time to stay in town and lounge and work around the house. The term has expanded in common parlance to mean exploring your own city like a tourist.

Despite being a toddler, Journey has attracted widespread attention for what appears to be an extraordinary feat: becoming the youngest person to visit all 63 U.S. National Parks by the tender age of three. Yet, before Journey could even attain such an achievement, her parents Valerie and Eric embarked on their own unique paths that ultimately led them to their daughter.

Representing a multi-billion dollar industry, prison communication companies have realized that there’s a great deal of money to be made by forging a revenue stream out of the fundamental need for human connection. Operating within the murky legal waters of prisoners’ rights and convoluted corporate structures, these companies capitalize on the fact that those entrenched in the prison system, their family, or anybody they wish to reach out to on the outside all represent a massive, captive customer base ready to be exploited.