Saturday, August 10, 2013
Prison Phone Rates
The FCC has decided to decrease the phone service rates in prisons. Some of the rates can exceed upwards of $1 per minute. The prisons say that the reason for the high costs is that they have to closely monitor and save and track every communication that is done by an inmate, which requires advanced systems. It will take about 120 days for the new rates to take affect. The commissioners voted to impose a cap of 25 cents a minute for a
collect call, and 21 cents a minute for a debit or prepaid call. That is
less than one-fourth the current rate in some locations. One of the other solutions that prisons should consider is IP telephony which would also lower costs and have more people making calls to their family which might be long distance. What do you think about the current prices for inmates?
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I think inmates need communication access with phone services. Try videoconferencing, which is free.
ReplyDeletePhone services are a privileged but necessary. I feel internet phone services would be helpful.
ReplyDeleteCommunications in jails are necessary. Make them earn the money to pay for this privilege.
ReplyDeleteInternet phones have significantly reduced communication costs. One of the best investments for any business.
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