PhoneBoy Speaks Ep 1018: Inmate Reprieve From Onerous Calling Charges
The FCC has taken action to cap the cost of calls made from prisons to something much less usurious than what was previously being charged. It might even be affordable now.
Links:
- FCC Votes to Stop Telcos From Ripping Off Inmates, Families - —DSLreports - front page “The FCC today voted 3-2 to stop companies from ripping off prison inmates and their families.”
- Prison phone companies fight for right to charge inmates $14 a minute —Ars Technica “(credit: Jason Farrar) The Federal Communications Commission is about to face another lawsuit, this time over a vote to cap the prices prisoners pay for phone calls.
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PhoneBoy Speaks Ep 1018: Inmate Reprieve From Onerous Calling Charges
