The FCC should regulate the rates of interstate prison telephone calling,...
The FCC should regulate the rates of interstate prison telephone calling, several public interest groups told Commissioner Ajit Pai and an aide to Commissioner Robert McDowell Thursday, said an ex parte filing. “It has been more than 10 years since…
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the D.C. District Court referred this matter to the Commission for treatment ‘with dispatch,'” wrote the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (http://xrl.us/bnb86t). Communication with families could combat recidivism, but the current market for prison phone service drives up rates to family members who call prisons because the telcos “compete to offer the highest commission to prisons,” the groups said. A review of the request for proposal processes in several states shows that the costs of providing service are not driving the costs, they said. “Revenue from telephone calls placed to family members or friends is not an appropriate way to subsidize prison services.” Also at the meetings were representatives from Free Press, the National Urban League, Public Knowledge and United Church of Christ.