They often have to save enough money just to pay for a few minutes of phone time. The new rules are based on the service providers' costs and eliminate any hidden fees and arbitrary charges that ...

The cost of phone ... FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, who approved the decision, wrote in a statement that he nevertheless worried that the caps weren’t high enough to offset some security costs ...

Twelve-year-old Kevin Reese was just a baby when his father was sent to prison in Minnesota. If it wasn't for their phone calls, he says, "I don't know if I would even know him." But many times in ...

In a release, the FCC said reducing inmate phone-call costs will benefit society: “Studies make clear that inmates who maintain contact with family and community while in prison have a reduced ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The Federal Communications Commission plans to slash inmate calling rates that can make a phone call cost up to $14 per minute. Saying it has a mandate to ensure that phone call ...

The FCC voted 2-1 during an emotional meeting to cap interstate phone rates ... and friends reduces inmate recidivism, which benefits public safety and cuts taxpayers' costs for prisons and ...

Related U.N. human rights agency decries Alabama's use of nitrogen hypoxia in execution 3 states, D.C. report first inmate deaths ... allowed the FCC to limit the cost of phone and video calls ...

The cost of phone ... FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, who approved the decision, wrote in a statement that he nevertheless worried that the caps weren’t high enough to offset some security costs ...

The cost of phone calls will drop dramatically for incarcerated ... A 15-minute call to or from large jails, which now costs as much as $11.35, will cost 90 cents beginning next year.

The new rules will affect about 2 million inmates, and mean the cost of a 15-minute phone call will drop from as much as $11.35 in some cases to 90 cents in large jails and from $12.10 to $1.35 in ...