Links

• Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Advice to Consumers About Collect Calls from Prison Pay Phones
  “Consumers receiving collect calls from inmates in prisons, jails and other correctional institutions can obtain the price of the call by simply pressing no more than 2 digits or by staying on the line. OSPs providing operator services for inmates’ phones in correctional facilities are required to tell the party receiving a collect call of his or her right to obtain rate quotations before the OSP connects and bills for the interstate collect call. (Note: FCC rules only apply to interstate OSP calls. However, most states have similar requirements for local intrastate OSP calls.) The party receiving the call can then decide whether or not to accept the collect call or limit its length.”

• FCC Information on Inmate Phone Service
  

• Senators Urge End to Fees on Prison Calls: Critics Say Phone Policy Gouges Inmate Families (from the Public Utility Law Project)