The Federal Communications Committee will suspend enforcement of a base that will reduce the price of the prison phone and video calls. On Monday, appointed from Trump The head of the Federal Communications Committee, Brendan Car Prisons will not have to comply with pricing rules until April 1, 2027, reflecting the CAPS application plans this year.
A long time ago, fees were directed to family members and prisoners of prisoners Described in 2024 As “exorbitant” to stay in touch with phone or video calls. Although some states – such as Connecticut, California, Minnesota and Massachusetts – made phone calls free of prison, the majority of states allow the fees that can reach It reaches $ 11.35 For a 15 -minute phone call, including often Prisons and local governments.
On Monday, however, FCC He announced it will Stop applying these rules for another two years. In his announcement, Car says that the efforts made to organize the prison calls “lead to negative and unintended consequences, claiming that the rules will make the hats” very low “to cover the” required safety measures “and the countries will not give enough time to find another source of funds. He adds that the decision to delay these rules is supposed to ensure “maintaining important safety and security protocols”, which indicates that it can include the adoption of public safety tools with “advanced AI and machine learning”. Car partial vote for approval Telephone call caps in 2024.
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez criticized Car’s decision To stop the implementation of the Martha Wright Reed Law. “Instead of law enforcement, the committee is now stopping and protecting a broken system that inflates the costs and rewards of kicks to reformist facilities at the expense of imprisoned individuals and their loved ones,” Gomez said in a statement. “It is time for the Federal Communications Committee (Federal Communications Committee).
