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| FCC Will Vote on Capping Fees for Prison, Jail Phone Calls |
| By oklahomawatch.org- Clifton Adcock |
| Published: 10/01/2015 |
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Federal regulators will vote this month on whether to cap the fees that prisons and jails charge inmates and their family members for telephone calls. The costs of such calls have provoked a backlash from prisoner-advocacy groups and others, who say the companies that provide phone services in prisons and jails, including in Oklahoma, are gouging customers. They say high rates, which can cost family members hundreds of dollars a month, lead to reduced contact between inmates and loved ones, eroding social bonds that help offenders re-enter society and stay out of prison. Corrections and law enforcement officials have said because of tight budgets, they need the revenue from calls to operate jails and prisons and provide services to inmates. Read More. |
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