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The FCC won’t enforce a ban on ‘exorbitant’ prison phone call prices

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The Federal Communications Commission will suspend the enforcement of a rule that would lower the price of prison phone and video calls.

On Monday , the FCC Chair Brendan Carr announced that prisons won't have to comply with the pricing rules until April 1st, 2027 , reversing plans to apply the caps this year .

The rules were set to go into effect on a staggered basis starting January 1, 2025 .