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FCC Aims to Revamp Prison Phone Fee Structures

October 21, 2015 2939 Views Access Community Health Centers, Costa Rica; project delivery, digital hospital, Eastern U.S., Hines, Humber River Hospital, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Norton Audubon Hospital, SchoolDude, WVU

WASHINGTON — The heads of four leading prison phone providers are speaking out against new federal rules that would cap inmate phone call rates. In a joint statement to the Washington-based Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the companies claimed the regulatory changes would have “devastating” effects on their operations.

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FCC Seeks to Lower Inmate Calling Rates

August 21, 2013 2012 Views Access Community Health Centers, Central U.S., Chapman University, District of Columbia Zoning Commission, Musco Center for the Arts

DALLAS — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed an order on Aug. 6 that would reduce the rates of inmate calls, cut off payments to prisons and jails for commissions and weaken correctional security.

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Lowering Inmate Phone Charges

May 2, 2013 2078 Views Access Community Health Centers, Eastern U.S., Erdman, Joyce and Marshall Erdman Clinic, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Winn Army Community Hospital

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must lower phone call rates for inmates in order to maintain critical family connections and reduce recidivism rates, according to a congressional coalition.

The Congressional Black Caucus has called upon the FCC to eliminate per call charges and “establish a reasonable per minute rate cap” in order for inmates and their families to remain in communication, according to a statement by the Congressional Black Caucus.