The Federal Communications Commission has capped the rates inmates pay for phone and video calls, officials announced Thursday.

The cost of phone calls will drop dramatically for incarcerated people under new rules that federal regulators approved Thursday, concluding a decades-long effort to provide relief to the nation ...

FCC slashes cost of phone calls for inmates, capping decades-long effort Under the new rules, the cost of a 15-minute call to or from large jails will drop from as much as $11.35 to $0.90.

WASHINGTON — Hefty phone bills for inmates in U.S. prisons and jails were slashed by the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday, affecting about 2 million incarcerated persons and their ...

The cost of phone calls will drop dramatically for incarcerated people under new rules that federal regulators approved Thursday, concluding a decadeslong effort to provide relief to the nation ...

FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel announced steep cuts in per-minute phone charges for prison inmates Thursday. File Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI July 18 (UPI) -- The Federal Communications Commission ...

Hefty phone bills for inmates in U.S. prisons and jails were slashed by the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday, affecting about 2 million incarcerated persons and their families.

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 people under new rules that federal regulators approved last week, concluding a decades-long effort to provide relief to the nation’s ...

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.