Securus 'Stands Ready' to Give FCC More Data on ICS Pilot

Securus "stands ready to provide any additional information" that would be "useful" for the FCC to assess its inmate calling services pilot program, it told aides to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, per an ex parte filing posted Wednesday in docket 12-375. The ICS suspended its subscription calling plan because of FCC rules requiring that jurisdictionally indeterminate calls be treated as interstate calls and assessed on a per minute basis, and sought a waiver to revive the program (see 2201100037). Securus said "subscribers saved about 60% per call using the subscription programs and saved 74% on a per minute basis," disputing the Prison Policy Initiative's calculated rate for the pilot program at the North Dakota Department of Corrections.