FCC, Louisiana Agency, Securus Oppose Prisoner's Bid to Enforce Vacated ICS Rate Caps
A court should deny a prisoner request to enforce FCC inmate calling service rate caps adopted in 2015 and revised in 2016, said a commission response in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on In re: James…
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Colvin et al., No. 18-1110 (in Pacer), posted by the agency Monday. The April 17 writ of mandamus (in Pacer) filed by Colvin (and other petitioners since dismissed from the case) asked the D.C. Circuit to enforce the rate caps -- which never took effect and were vacated by the court -- in order to get a refund from ICS provider Securus Technologies, the FCC said. The relevant rate cap from a 2013 FCC order was 21 cents per minute, said the commission: "Because the $0.21 rate about which Mr. Colvin complains is permissible under the governing rate caps, there is no basis for the relief he seeks." Securus and the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections also filed mandamus oppositions (here and here in Pacer).