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| Commissions to Prisons Cited as Reason For High Prison Phone Rates, FCC Told |
| By .bna.com - Paul Barbagallo |
| Published: 03/27/2013 |
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Commissions paid to prisons by telecommunications carriers for the privilege of being their exclusive provider of inmate calling services is the single biggest contributor to exorbitantly high rates for prisoners and their friends and family members, according to public comments filed with the Federal Communications Commission March 25. In response to two petitions by Washington resident Martha Wright, the FCC opened a proceeding in December [Docket 12-375, FCC 12-167, 27 FCC Rcd 16629] to consider capping the rates that prisons can charge for such services, citing potentially discriminatory practices. The agency found that typical collect calls from prisons require a connection fee of roughly $4 and can cost nearly 90 cents per minute, with wide disparities across states. For example, the costs for a 15-minute interstate call are $6.65 in California, $6.45 in Texas, $2.04 in Montana, and $16.55 in Idaho. Read More. |
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