Contrary to what the FCC said in its...
Contrary to what the FCC said in its NPRM on prison phone calls (CD Dec 31 p6), debit calling from an inmate’s account does not typically incur a per-minute charge only, the Prison Policy Initiative told commissioners in a letter…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.
Thursday (http://bit.ly/15txlsI). “Prepaid and debit calling almost always incurs account-based fee charges,” it said. “Although this increase in cost may not be reflected in per-minute rates, these fees drive up the real cost of prison telephone service.” Any “meaningful” regulation of the prison phone industry “must stem from a comprehensive analysis of the customers’ whole bills, rather than limiting the decision to addressing the high per-minute calling rates alone,” the group said. An attached report detailed the “kickbacks, rates, and hidden fees in the jail and phone industry” (http://bit.ly/15txI6w).