FCC Will Not Defend Its Own Rules Capping Rates for Prison Phone Calls

The FCC has declined to defend a 2015 FCC ruling that places caps on rates charged to inmates making phone calls from prison.

The Federal Communications Commission will not defend all its rules capping the rates prison telephone providers can charge inmates during oral argument Feb. 6, an FCC official told a federal appeals court Jan. 31.

Without this rule, the prison population and their loved ones can be gouged for simply communicating with family and friends.

Source: https://www.bna.com/fcc-drops-defense-n57982083165/