Reported 9 months ago
The Federal Communications Commission is proposing new rules to significantly lower the cost of phone and video calls for incarcerated individuals, impacting prison telecom providers like ViaPath Technologies and Aventiv Technologies. The proposed rules include reducing audio call costs, establishing new caps on video services, and prohibiting commission payments to prisons. This regulation follows bipartisan legislation signed by President Joe Biden in 2023, granting the FCC broader authority over inmate communication service costs.
Source: YAHOO