The FCC plans another inmate calling workshop, it...

The FCC plans another inmate calling workshop, it said in a public notice Wednesday. Scheduled for July 9, it will “analyze the impact of the reforms and gather information to inform additional reforms of inmate calling services,” it said (http://bit.ly/1nr1eON). “Topics for the workshop will include state reforms of ICS, the cost characteristics of the provision of ICS in different correctional facilities, the regulation of ancillary charges, and non-traditional communications technologies used in correctional settings.” The agency revamped its prison calling rules last year, instituting strict limits on per-minute charges for interstate calls. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has stayed much of the prison calling order (CD Jan 14 p3).