Under a heading titled "Jail Unrest," Smith's affidavit stated: Securus Technologies CEO Richard Smith filed an affidavit in federal appeals court yesterday, arguing that the FCC has misinterpreted the court order and that imposing the rate caps on intrastate calls will cause problems in prisons and jails.
Prison phone companies say the court order should mostly preserve the status quo, while the FCC argues that the order lets it apply its existing caps on interstate call rates to intrastate calls. The phone companies and the FCC have different interpretations of a stay order issued on March 7. Further Reading In blow to inmates’ families, court halts new prison phone rate capsPrison phone companies are trying to stop a new Federal Communications Commission effort to impose rate caps on intrastate calls, with one executive claiming that immediate enforcement of new caps will cause "jail unrest."
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