CPUC Eyes High Inmate Calling Rates
The California Public Utilities Commission will consider regulating inmate calling services intrastate rates, the CPUC said in a news release. The commission opened a rulemaking Thursday, seeking comments by Nov. 9, replies by Nov. 19. A 15-minute call in some…
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areas can cost $26.75, the agency said. “Incarcerated people are people; they are Californians; they are ratepayers; they have not lost the legal protections afforded to all ratepayers; and this Commission therefore has a legal obligation and -- I think -- a moral duty to ensure they are treated fairly,” said Commissioner Martha Guzman Aceves in the release. The CPUC should act on intrastate rates while the FCC works on interstate rates, said Commissioner Genevieve Shiroma. The FCC and NARUC, coordinating on the issue, noted statutory limits to reducing intrastate rates (see 2009220051).