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| Despite PSC vote, phone rates to remain high at Orleans jail, state prisons |
| By thelensnola.org/ - Tom Gogola |
| Published: 01/10/2013 |
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Late last year, the state Public Service Commission moved to reduce per-minute charges for calls that inmates make to family, clergy and lawyers. But the families of prisoners at the Orleans jail and most state lockups won’t see relief for at least a year because the regulatory body grandfathered in existing rates. The new rate cap takes effect “when a new contract is signed, or within two years,” said Bill Robertson, executive assistant to Public Service Commission Chairman Foster Campbell. The state Department of Public Safety and Corrections and the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office signed contracts with the phone services provider Securus in 2012. They won’t be subject to the new rules for up to two years from whenever they go into effect, which Robertson said last week could be “any day now.” Read More. |
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