WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hefty phone bills for inmates in U.S. prisons and jails were slashed by the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday, affecting about 2 million incarcerated persons and ...
Fees Texas inmates pay to make calls will be slashed under recently approved federal regulations. High rates that had averaged 23 cents a minute for Texas jail inmates have long been a target of ...
SHREVEPORT, La. - After years of paying excessive rates to speak by telephone with their family members in Louisiana prisons, families of Louisiana inmates will soon receive relief. Just and ...
WASHINGTON — Hefty phone bills for inmates in U.S. prisons and jails were slashed by the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday, affecting about 2 million incarcerated persons and their ...
WASHINGTON, July 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a July 18 vote, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted new rules to enforce the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable ...
Sheriff John Montgomery of Baxter County, Arkansas, isn’t going to take it anymore—if by “it” you mean “having to offer lower phone call rates to incarcerated inmates.” Noting that such phone calls ...