Securus CEO Cites Death Threats Related to FCC Inmate Calling Statements
Securus Technologies CEO Richard Smith said he and others received death threats "based on the public statements" the FCC made in announcing approval of an order to restrict inmate calling service rates and fees. "These statements either misstate or ignore…
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the record and have incited public opinion to dangerous levels," Smith said in a filing posted Tuesday in docket 12-375. Smith cited a couple FCC statements in a news release, including that the cost of an ICS call was sometimes "ballooning" to $14 per minute, which he said was extremely rare. "The FCC should not make misleading statements that result in threats to the lives of our executives and their families," he said. An FCC spokesman had no comment.