FCC Moves to Cut Prison Phone Rates

Editorial on Prison Phones in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

At the 104th National Conference last week, the NAACP passes resolution in support of FCC reform to prison phone rates.

Held July 10th, this video cover the Federal Communications Commission workshop on prison phone rates.

It has been a decade since Martha Wright, a grandmother who led the campaign to reduce prison phone calls, first began the charge to change the prisoner telephone calling system in U.S prisons.

Steven Renderos from the Campaign for Prison Phone Justice providing live updates from the FCC's workshop on Prison Phones

Some commissioners have vowed to ensure that the families that have been fighting for over a decade for prison phone justice have resolution this year. Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel told families today the following: "When a decision comes before me, I want to be able to vote it first, I want to be able to vote it fast."

After a decade of high prison phone rates and the hardships they cause, Alex Friedmann, along with several other advocates, will lead a panel discussion of the problem and share a touching letter from a Washington State mother whose son is incarcerated in Alaska.

On July 10th Answer the Call for #PhoneJustice and join us in D.C. and online.

Between July 2012 and June 2013, prisoners submitted or signed on to 1,754 letters or comments filed with the FCC regarding the Wright Petition!