A new law, which would allow the FCC to regulate the price of phone calls from prison, just needs President Joe Biden’s signature.The average price of a 15-minute phone call from jail is around $3.A new rule allowing the Federal Communications Commission to regulate the rates of prison phone calls is one step closer to becoming law. After
, the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022 now awaits President Joe Biden’s signature., with telecommunications companies, like Global Tel Link and Pay Tel Communications, charging unfair fees for phone and video calls from inmates. These fees vary by state, but they involve the phone provider offering kickbacks to prisons and local governments using the money they collect from the friends and families of incarcerated people.
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I never had any problem with this. Because I didn't choose to break the law.
The Shawshank Redemption may be a fantasy about prisoners being mostly good people, but that doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t be a goal worth striving for. it is the height of stupidity to think that a prisoner who is only influenced by bad people will leave as a good person.
Someone summarise this, thanks