Securus Petitions FCC to Stay Rate Caps in New Inmate Calling Service Order
Securus asked the FCC to stay new rate caps in a recent inmate calling service order, arguing the company is likely to win a court challenge on the merits because the rates are below its service costs, not based on…
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"credible analysis," and don't account for "market realities." The order (see 1608040037) "essentially has adopted the same rates that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit already stayed, merely adding unenforceable lip service to correctional facility costs without resolving the core issue -- contract-based site commissions -- that ICS carriers consistently have raised in this proceeding," the ICS provider said in a petition Thursday in docket 12-375. Without a stay, the company said it would suffer "irreparable and immediate harm" if the rates take effect. The ICS provider asked for a commission decision by Sept. 20.