NCL statement on FCC decision to not enforce affordable prison phone rate price caps

The National Consumers League , the nation’s pioneering consumer and worker advocacy organization, today expressed disappointment in the Federal Communications Commission’s “The National Consumers League is disappointed by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s decision to not enforce price caps for intrastate prison phone calls. Capping rates at reasonable levels is common sense as numerous studies have shown that providing prisoners access to family members and loved ones dramatically reduces recidivism.