July 18 (UPI) --The Federal Communications Commission has capped the rates inmates pay for phone and video calls, officials announced Thursday. The new rules will ... the FCC said in a release.

Republican State AGs Challenge US FCC Cap on Inmate Phone Charges By ... 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 ...

The FCC voted last Thursday to approve regulations, to take effect next year, that cap the price of inmate phone and video calls ... for over eight years according to a Georgia lawsuit.

Drew Willey, a Houston attorney who has been a long-time advocate for free phone calls for inmates in Harris County Jail, praised the new rules ... over eight years, according to a Georgia lawsuit.

Westmoreland officials are bracing for what could be a substantial cut in revenue generated through phone and video calls made by county prison inmates ... about the new FCC rules.

The states in the lawsuit ... argued that the FCC rule improperly caps how much money these facilities can charge inmates for phone calls. The states also said the rule deprives the facilities ...

A new FCC rule means a cap of 5 cents a minute for most inmate phone and video calls in the state ... from unused funds for over eight years according to a Georgia lawsuit. For all prisons and ...