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Incarcerated People's Communication Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services
The Federal Communications Commission published this final rule in the Federal Register on September 20, 2024. It took effect on November 19, 2024.
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What the agency says
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts rules addressing all intrastate, interstate, and international audio and video incarcerated people's communication services (IPCS), including video visitation services. The reforms include adopting permanent rate caps for audio IPCS and interim rate caps for video; prohibiting IPCS providers from making site commission payments associated with IPCS and preempting state and local laws and regulations requiring such commissions; prohibiting IPCS providers from imposing any separate ancillary service charges on IPCS consumers; strengthening the Commission's requirements for access to IPCS by incarcerated people with disabilities; permitting IPCS providers to offer optional alternate pricing plans that comply with the rate caps; strengthening existing consumer disclosure and inactive account requirements; revising the existing annual reporting and certification requirements; facilitating enforcement of the new IPCS rules; and delegating authority to the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB), Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB), and Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA).
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-19037
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Federal Communications Commission
- Published
- September 20, 2024
- Takes effect
- November 19, 2024
- Dates
- Effective date: This rule is effective November 19, 2024, except for amendatory instruction 7 (Sec. Sec. 64.611(l)(2), (3), (5), (6)); amendatory instruction 15 (Sec. 64.6040(f)); amendatory instruction 17 (Sec. 64.6060); amendatory instruction 20 (Sec. 64.6090); amendatory instruction 22 (Sec. 64.6110); amendatory instruction 23 (Sec. 64.6120); amendatory instruction 25 (Sec. 64.6130(d) through (f), and (h) through (k)); amendatory instruction 27 (Sec. 64.6140(c), (d), (e)(2) through (4), (f)(2), and (f)(4)), which are delayed indefinitely. The Federal Communications Commission will publish a
- Docket
- WC Docket Nos. 12-375, 23-62; FCC 24-75; FR ID 237400
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 47 CFR 14; 47 CFR 64
- Topics
- Communications; Communications common carriers; Communications equipment; Computer technology; Individuals with disabilities; Prisoners; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Security measures; Telecommunications; Telephone; Waivers
- Pages
- 200
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