If the FCC can make it easier for inmate to make phone calls so their families don't carry a huge financial burden, I would expect them to allow companies that provide phone service to the disabled to operate in a venue conducive to the best outcomes of their clients.
I find it unbelievably shameful the FCC would put additional costs on the disabled in any way. Some of these consumers are also young people and they should be enjoying the same freedoms of their friends.
A telephone and a toilet are shown in the holding cell area where arrestees are allowed their phone call at the Santa Barbara County Sheriff Substation May 10, 2005 in Orcutt, California. (Photo by Aaron Lambert-Pool/Getty Images) Infographic: Hatty Lee
by Jamilah King, Friday, August 9 2013, 12:11 PM EST
The Federal Communications Commission (click here) issued an order on Friday to lower the cost of prison phone rates. It’s an historic move by the Commission and years in the making. More than a decade ago, Martha Wright and several families of inmates petitioned the FCC to regulate the price of prison phone rates that can sometimes cost more than $15 for a 15 minute call.
Today’s order requires phone companies to base rates on actual costs and cap them at 25 cents per minute while the Commission collects more data. The order also prohibts companies from charging deaf and hard-of-hearing customers extra for the use of relay services....
I find it unbelievably shameful the FCC would put additional costs on the disabled in any way. Some of these consumers are also young people and they should be enjoying the same freedoms of their friends. A telephone and a toilet are shown in the holding cell area where arrestees are allowed their phone call at the Santa Barbara County Sheriff Substation May 10, 2005 in Orcutt, California. (Photo by Aaron Lambert-Pool/Getty Images) Infographic: Hatty Lee
by Jamilah King, Friday, August 9 2013, 12:11 PM EST
The Federal Communications Commission (click here) issued an order on Friday to lower the cost of prison phone rates. It’s an historic move by the Commission and years in the making. More than a decade ago, Martha Wright and several families of inmates petitioned the FCC to regulate the price of prison phone rates that can sometimes cost more than $15 for a 15 minute call.
Today’s order requires phone companies to base rates on actual costs and cap them at 25 cents per minute while the Commission collects more data. The order also prohibts companies from charging deaf and hard-of-hearing customers extra for the use of relay services....
