Wright Petitioners Seek FCC Recon of Contraband Cellphone Order
Wright Petitioners, who argued before the FCC adopted an order in March that the cost of combating contraband cellphones mustn't be passed on to prisoners and their families, filed a petition for reconsideration. Commissioners approved 3-0 the order and a…
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Further NPRM. The FCC "failed to (i) consider the entire record of the proceeding, (ii) acknowledge opposing legal or policy arguments, and (iii) provide any reasoned analysis as to why the information provided by the Wright Petitioners throughout this proceeding should be ignored or discounted,” the group said. The order included a cost-benefit analysis that said the record didn't contain any "detailed or concrete cost estimates," Wright Petitioners said. That was a surprise since Wright Petitioners “supplied ‘detailed’ and ‘concrete cost data,’ and even took the additional step of reminding the Commission that this information existed, and was available for its review, when it met with Commission staff after the draft Report and Order was released,” the petition said.