As the FCC Wireline Bureau works on reforming...
As the FCC Wireline Bureau works on reforming high prison phone rates, it’s trying to “strike a balance between the necessary security issues, what is a fair and reasonable rate for the providers, and what’s an affordable regime for the…
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families,” Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn told reporters following the agency’s meeting Thursday. “It is simple to say, but it’s very complex to execute.” The July 10 Inmate Calling Service workshop at the FCC will “bring these and so many more issues to the table,” Clyburn said. Eight states and some other areas of the country “have a framework that’s affordable to those users, and still offers a reasonable rate of return and the proper security protocols,” she said. Clyburn said she hopes the workshop will let the FCC “see what is working in key parts of this country to bring ubiquitous affordability to those families.”