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FCC chair decides inmates and their families must keep paying high phone prices | Chairman Carr waives new price caps until 2027, may raise them before then.
Chairman Carr waives new price caps until 2027, may raise them before then.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has decided to let prisons and jails keep charging high prices for calling services until at least 2027, delaying implementation of rate caps approved last year when the FCC had a Democratic majority. "Instead of taking targeted action to address specific concerns, the FCC issued a blanket two-year waiver that undercuts the law's intent and postpones meaningful relief for millions of families. "The decision points to claims of strain in the industry, when many prisons and jails have been complying since the rules became effective in January," said Cheryl Leanza, policy advisor of the United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry.
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