New Price Caps Won’t End Exploitation Baked Into Prison Communications Industry
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted in July to implement tighter price caps on phone and video call services in prisons and jails. The $1.4 billion industry of prison communications will now attempt to continue to squeeze a profit under these restrictions. The FCC decision was the result of 2022 legislation signed by President Joe Biden, entitled the Martha Wright-Reed Just and…