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Securus Technologies is a technology communications firm serving prisons across the United States. [1] [2] The company is a subsidiary of Aventiv Technologies.In the past, the company has faced criticism over phone call pricing, data security, monopoly [3] and product innovation.
On August 9, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a report on the high cost of inmate calling services, with proposed reforms. [16] A 2013 FCC analysis, described how, in some cases, long-distance calls are charged six times the rate on the outside, or in other instances, a fifteen-minute call could cost upwards of $15. [17]
Two inmate calling service companies agreed to drop a merger bid after U.S. regulators recommended blocking the deal because of significant competitive concerns, the Federal Communications ...
Here's a look at how much it costs inmates to make phone calls and purchase items at the Charles B. Webster Detention Center in Augusta.
Under the contract, "Securus pays the County 50 percent of the $12.99 price tag for every 20-minute video call and 78 percent of the $0.21 per minute cost of every phone call," the lawsuit said. The contract has "a guarantee that Securus would pay the County at least $190,000 each year," the St. Clair County lawsuit said.
The FCC reported that an inmate call from GTL could cost as much as US$17.30 for a 15 minute call, [15] [16] The company claimed that these high costs were required in order to securely monitor these calls. [17] [18] In 2015, the FCC implemented a rule to cap the fees for interstate inmate phone calls at $3.75 for 15 minutes.
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Emergency calls can invariably be made without charge. Most countries have a number sequence that enable the caller to make calls without charge, sometimes known as free calls or freephone, these are usually used by companies for their sales line (in the UK these are 0800 and 0808 numbers and in the US they are 800, 888, 877, 866, 855, 844 and ...