WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Federal Communications Commission has issued a rule called: Incarcerated People's Communication Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on Dec. 5 by Marlene Dortch, Secretary.
Summary: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) modifies the Commission's previous incarcerated people's communications services (IPCS) rate caps in response to record evidence of the significant unintended consequences of those rate caps. It establishes new interim audio and video IPCS rate caps by basing the calculation of the Commission's rate caps only on billed minutes, incorporating all safety and secu...