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 ...

A 15-minute call to or from large jails, which now costs as much as $11.35, will cost 90 cents beginning next year. In small jails, the cost will fall from as high as $12.10 to $1.35.

Under the final rules, the cost of a 15-minute phone call will drop to 90 cents from as much as $11.35 in large jails. In small jails it will cost $1.35 instead of $12.10.

FCC slashes cost of phone calls for inmates, capping decadeslong effort July 21, 2024 Updated Sun., ... which now costs as much as $11.35, will cost 90 cents beginning next year.

July 18 (UPI) --The Federal Communications Commission has capped the rates inmates pay for phone and video calls, officials announced Thursday. The new rules will affect about 2 million inmates, and ...

Under the final rules, the cost of a 15-minute phone call will drop to 90 cents from as much as $11.35 in large jails. In small jails it will cost $1.35 instead of $12.10.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hefty phone ... The FCC also plans to study video call quality issues. Congress passed legislation in 2023 to give the FCC broad authority to cut inmate calls costs after ...

At large jails, 15-minute phone calls can cost more than $11 but the new will will lower that to just 90 cents. At a small jail, a 15-minute phone call that would cost more than $12 will be ...

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 ...

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 people under new rules that federal regulators approved Thursday, concluding a decades-long effort to provide relief to the nation’s 2 ...