14 States Challenge FCC Incarcerated Communications Order

A coalition of 14 states asked the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate an FCC order establishing per-minute rate caps for intrastate audio and video communications services for incarcerated people in a petition filed Monday (see 2409190061). Indiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, and Virginia filed the joint petition (docket 24-2983). A brief from the states is due Nov. 25.