FCC Lets Prisons Keep Charging High Phone Rates, Delaying New Caps by Two Years

FCC lets prisons keep charging high phone rates, delaying new caps by two years

Chairman Carr waives new price caps until 2027, may raise them before then.

The FCC delays enforcement of prison call rate caps

Commissioner Anna M. Gomez called it an 'indefensible decision to ignore both the law and the will of Congress.'

FCC chairman tours Midco investments in Sioux Falls

July 2, 2025 The head of the Federal Communications Commission was in Sioux Falls this week to tour two Midco locations under construction. FCC chairman Brendan Carr discussed Midco’s fiber expansion, network initiatives and workforce development. “We were excited to host Chairman Carr and his team in Sioux Falls because our community is a representation of how investments in the best technology can change our customers’ lives,” Midco president…

FCC chair decides inmates and their families must keep paying high phone prices - WorldNL Magazine

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. Carr's office announced the change yesterday, saying it was needed because of "negative, unintended consequences stemming from the Commission's 2024 decision on Incarcerated People's Communica…

Ameelio CEO Meets Gomez Aides on Prison Calling Service

Ameelio CEO April Feng and others from the company met with aides to FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez on Ameelio's incarcerated persons communications service (IPCS) offering. Ameelio "explained that it is a nonprofit provider of IPCS that provides service without charge...

FCC Delays Prison Phone Rate Caps Until 2027

WASHINGTON, July 1, 2025 – The Wireline Competition Bureau said that it had decided to delay enforcement of key provisions of the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act until April 1, 2027. The Bureau’s order released Monday framed the delay as a response to unanticipated cost burdens on correctional institutions, writing that “facilities themselves are facing financial hurdles that far exceed those the Commission anticipated.…