The new rules will affect about 2 million inmates, and mean the cost of a 15-minute phone call will drop from as much as $11.35 in some cases to 90 cents in large jails and from $12.10 to $1.35 in ...

A 15-minute call to or from large jails, which now costs as much as $11.35, will cost 90 cents beginning next year. In small jails, the cost will fall from as high as $12.10 to $1.35.

Under the final rules, the cost of a 15-minute phone call will drop to 90 cents from as much as $11.35 in large jails. In small jails it will cost $1.35 instead of $12.10.

FCC slashes cost of phone calls for inmates, capping decadeslong effort July 21, 2024 Updated Sun., ... which now costs as much as $11.35, will cost 90 cents beginning next year.

Hefty phone bills ... The FCC also plans to study video call quality issues. Congress passed legislation in 2023 to give the FCC broad authority to cut inmate calls costs after caps set by the ...

(CNN/WBNG) -- The Federal Communication Commission, or FCC, has voted on a rule that cuts the costs of prison phone calls ... investing in inmate exercise equipment and the Correctional Facility ...

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The cost of phone ... FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, who approved the decision, wrote in a statement that he nevertheless worried that the caps weren’t high enough to offset some security costs ...

July 18 (UPI) --The Federal Communications Commission has capped the rates inmates pay for phone and video calls, officials announced Thursday. The new rules will affect about 2 million inmates, and ...

Congress passed legislation in 2023 to give the FCC broad authority to cut inmate calls costs after caps set by the agency were reversed by the U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia in 2017.

The cost of phone calls will drop dramatically for incarcerated ... A 15-minute call to or from large jails, which now costs as much as $11.35, will cost 90 cents beginning next year.