The FCC shouldn’t regulate intrastate inmate call rates,...
The FCC shouldn’t regulate intrastate inmate call rates, said the Virginia Association of Counties in a letter (http://bit.ly/1psMNZC) to the agency, posted in docket 12-375 Wednesday. The association opposes a “one-size fits all federal policy,” (CD July 10 p4 and…
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believes state and local correctional systems should be allowed to decide inmate intrastate rates based on “the circumstances and policy priorities facing their localities, region and state,” the letter said. Banning inmate service providers from paying commissions to correctional institutions would cost Virginia local and regional jails about $13.5 million annually that the jails use to offset the cost of providing phone and other services to inmates, the letter said.