Comments on FCC proposed phone rules, September 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 Contracts database Our advocacy Press coverage
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