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The difference between prisons and jails, July 17, 2013.The multiple incarnations of kickbacks that prison phone companies give to prisons and jails, August 1, 2013.Video visitation and email services, December 23, 2013.Third party fees in the prison phone market (about money transfer services like WesternUnion and MoneyGram), January 13, 2014.Correctional facility type and phone regulation, January 13, 2014.Aleks Kajstura’s presentation at the FCC’s JWorkshop on Further Reform of Inmate Calling Services.The need for advanced communication services in prisons and jails, January 12, 2015.FCC should reject Securus, Global Tel*Link, and Telmate’s joint proposal, January 12, 2015.Single-call programs undermine regulation, January 12, 2015.Prison and jail phone companies seizing customer money (aka how the companies violate state laws re: unclaimed funds), January 12, 2015.The need to regulate in-state rates, January 12, 2015.Fees continue to increase the cost of calls, January 12, 2015.Despite Idaho DOC’s claims, regulation is not increasing per-minute rates, January 26, 2015.Reply to comments of local government officials, addressing why they don't need kickbacks on phone contracts, January 27, 2015.The state of the movement for prison phone justice (about editorial support for reform), June 12, 2015.Address video visitation immediately after comprehensive regulation of the phones industry, July 6, 2015.The industry’s campaign contributions exemplify why the FCC should focus on lowering the total cost of calls and not the varied forms of payments that commissions take, August 12, 2015.Video visitation update, January 19, 2016.Closing the “bundling unrelated services” loophole, January 19, 2016.Closing the Western Union and MoneyGram loophole, January 19, 2016.Closing the “Single Call” loophole, January 19, 2016.FCC has jurisdiction over electronic messaging/email, February 8, 2016.Ownership interests and single call loophole, March 10, 2016.Comments in support of exempting all Inmate Calling Service carriers from Universal Service Fund contribution obligations, August 30, 2019.High third-party financial transaction fees reported by Global Tel*Link, February 25, 2021.Contracts that bundle voice telephone service with other communication technologies, March 23, 2021.

Informal complaints filed against five companies that double dip on ancillary fees, March 23, 2021.Opening comments on the FCC's next phase of rulemaking, September 27, 2021.Opening comments on the FCC's third mandatory data collection, November 4, 2021.

Reply comments on the FCC's rulemaking, including our proposal for regulating video calling, December 17, 2021.

Opening comments on Securus Technologies' petition to allow subscription plans, January 7, 2022.

Opening comments on FCC's proposed revisions to annual reporting requirements, January 12, 2022.

Our report explains why sheriffs sign lucrative phone contracts, allows readers to compare the cost of phone calls in thousands of locally-run jails and state-run prisons, and goes into unprecedented depth on the state of the prison and jail phone market. The movement for phone justice has won huge victories in state-run prisons, but people in local jails still frequently have to pay $1 per minute or more for a phone call. Local jails, state prisons and private phone providers For the big national picture, see our report, State of Phone Justice. This page provides an overview of our research and advocacy:įor more on each state, see our briefing The biggest priorities for prison and jail phone justice in 40 states. We’ve won some real victories at the FCC lowering rates and halting industry consolidation, we’re pushing for states to take action, and we’re keeping this industry and the perverse incentives it offers the sheriffs in the news. Recognizing yet another way that mass incarceration punishes entire communities, the Prison Policy Initiative joined with partners across the country to help generate the research and advocacy that was necessary for change. Why? Because prisons and jails profit by granting monopoly telephone contracts to the company that will charge families the most.įor twenty years, families had been calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide relief from the exorbitant bills that the prison phone companies charge just to stay in touch. Some children have to pay almost $1/minute to talk to an incarcerated parent. Regulating the prison phone industry Sections Our big-picture report Explainers about phone justice Our advocacy Press coverage