The Federal Communications Commission has capped the rates inmates pay for phone and video calls, officials announced Thursday.

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Hefty phone bills for inmates in U.S. prisons and jails were slashed by the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday, affecting about 2 million incarcerated persons and their ...

The cost of phone calls will drop dramatically for incarcerated people under new rules that federal regulators approved Thursday, concluding a decadeslong effort to provide relief to the nation ...

Hefty phone bills for inmates in U.S. prisons and jails were slashed by the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday, affecting about 2 million incarcerated persons and their families.

Congress passed legislation in 2023 to give the FCC broad authority to cut inmate calls costs after caps set by the agency were reversed by the U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia in 2017.

The FCC voted last Thursday to approve regulations, to take effect next year, that cap the price of inmate phone and video calls at prices as low as 5 cents per minute.

(CNN/WBNG) -- The Federal Communication Commission, or FCC, has voted on a rule that cuts the costs of prison phone calls. Following a meeting on Thursday, the FCC announced that it will lower ...

Congress passed legislation in 2023 to give the FCC broad authority to cut inmate calls costs after caps set by the agency were reversed by the U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia in 2017.