FCC Action Yielded 'Positive Results' on Inmate Calling, Wheeler Tells House Republican
The FCC’s inmate calling actions from fall 2013 are “already having positive results,” FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler told Rep. Robert Hurt, R-Va., in a letter the agency released last week. “Lower interstate rates and increased ICS [inmate calling services] usage…
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enable more families to connect with inmates. Unfortunately, intrastate rates have increased in many states. Moreover, ICS providers are imposing an increasing array of ancillary charges, and correctional facilities are continuing to demand site commissions -- payments to facilities that are not based on their costs to provision ICS -- representing a significant portion of ICS provider gross revenues.” He cited a second further notice that the FCC issued in October to explore these issues and its goal to overhaul ICS “comprehensively” in addition to ensuring appropriate cost recovery and transition times for correctional facilities.