Telmate Seeks FCC Stay of New ICS Rate Caps, Stresses 3 Previous DC Circuit Stays
Telmate asked the FCC to stay its recent order raising inmate calling service rate caps to cover correctional facility costs without restricting ICS provider site-commission payments to prisons and jails (see 1608040037 and 1608100033). The U.S. Court of Appeals for…
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the D.C. Circuit, which issued three stays of two previous ICS rate orders, "has made clear its intent to preserve the status quo for inmate calling rate caps pending judicial review, and the FCC should recognize this and stay its new rules," said the ICS provider in a petition posted Tuesday in FCC docket 12-375. If the agency doesn't stay the order, Telmate expects to seek a D.C. Circuit stay on Sept. 20, or after publication of the order in the Federal Register, whichever is later. ICS company Securus asked the FCC for a stay Aug. 25 (see 1608250064).