FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel announced steep cuts in per-minute phone charges for prison inmates Thursday. File Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI July 18 (UPI) --The Federal Communications Commission ...
WASHINGTON — Hefty phone bills for inmates in U.S. prisons and jails were slashed by the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday, affecting about 2 million incarcerated persons and their ...
A congressional coalition urged the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday to heed a D.C. woman’s request to reduce the cost of telephone calls by inmates throughout the United States. “The ...
A federal rule prohibiting jail and prison phone companies from paying a commission to law enforcement has prompted the Baxter County sheriff to announce he will remove the phones inmates use to ...
LIMA — The Allen County Sheriff’s Office on its Facebook page has issued a scam warning aimed at family members of jail inmates. Some individuals reportedly have received phone calls claiming an ...
BORDENTOWN, N.J. — As Congress considers whether to allow state prisons to install cell phone jamming devices, New Jersey is grappling with ways to stop inmates from running criminal enterprises ...