The FCC cap on inmate calling service rates,...
The FCC cap on inmate calling service rates, intended to make it easier for prisoners to stay in contact with families, will likely lead to the elimination of phone privileges in a North Carolina jail, Forsyth County Sheriff William Schatzman…
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told the commission Monday (http://bit.ly/1dmazCF). The new rules make “no provision for local detention facilities to recover inherent costs associated with providing inmate calling services,” such as monitoring calls for security purposes or blocking numbers for “citizen safety concerns,” he said. “Our detention facility must be allowed to recover our costs for this service or there may soon come a time where we are no longer able to provide any inmate calling service here."