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Legal journalist and beachgoer. I write about courts, the law, and the politics shaping them. I also edit inquest.org, an online magazine for decarceral ideas. Hablo y pienso en español.
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Republican attorneys general are suing the FCC to keep predatory prison call charges that harm families/communities: “Under the final rules, the cost of a 15-minute phone call would drop to 90 cents from as much as $11.35 in large jails, while in small jails, it would cost $1.35 instead of $12.10.”

Republican state AGs challenge US FCC cap on inmate phone charges
Republican state AGs challenge US FCC cap on inmate phone charges

Republican attorneys general from 14 U.S. states, led by Arkansas and Indiana, have filed suit to challenge the Federal Communications Commission's decision to impose a cap on the amount prisons and jails can charge inmates for telephone use.

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Little weird that they are arguing the FCC is wrong to cap phone calls at like an 800% markup on the actual cost of a call rather than the 8,00,000% markup currently being charged.

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Cristian Farias
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Legal journalist and beachgoer. I write about courts, the law, and the politics shaping them. I also edit inquest.org, an online magazine for decarceral ideas. Hablo y pienso en español.
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