July 18 (UPI) --The Federal Communications Commission has capped the rates inmates pay for phone ... Congress allowed the FCC to limit the cost of phone and video calls in 2023 after caps that ...

The cost of phone calls will drop dramatically for incarcerated people under new rules that federal regulators approved Thursday, concluding a decades-long effort to provide relief to the nation ...

(CN) – Siding with Wisconsin and a coalition of other states seeking to recover costs ... a 2015 FCC rule banning local jails and state prisons from charging inmates more than $0.11 per minute for ...

Hefty phone bills ... The FCC also plans to study video call quality issues. Congress passed legislation in 2023 to give the FCC broad authority to cut inmate calls costs after caps set by the ...

The new rules cap the costs of phone calls ... according to the FCC. The Fayette County Detention Center took the opportunity to improve inmate phone systems earlier this year, prior to the ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted this week to lower the cost of keeping in touch with the incarcerated. "The Federal Communications Commission today voted to end exorbitant phone ...

The FCC has ... the cost of a 15-minute phone call would drop to 90 cents from as much as $11.35 in large jails, while in small jails, it would cost $1.35 instead of $12.10. Inmates cannot receive ...

Sheriff Montgomery confirmed to the Arkansas Times that the ending of telephone privileges was due to an FCC decision last July that capped the cost of inmate phone calls. For jails the size of ...

The Fayette County Detention Center took the opportunity to improve inmate phone systems earlier this year, prior to the FCC ruling, according to Colonel Scott Colvin. The FCDC, which is categorized ...

(CNN) - The Federal Communication Commission has voted on a rule that cuts the cost of prison and jail phone calls. Following a meeting on Thursday, the FCC announced it will lower rates for ...

(CNN) - The Federal Communication Commission has voted on a rule that cuts the cost of prison and jail phone calls. Following a meeting on Thursday, the FCC announced it will lower rates for ...