§64.6030. Incarcerated People's Communications Services interim rate caps.
47 C.F.R. § 64.6030
A Provider must offer each Incarcerated People's Communications Service at a per-minute rate. A Provider may also offer an Incarcerated People's Communications Service under one or more Alternate Pricing Plans, pursuant to § 64.6140.
A Provider must not charge a per-minute rate for intrastate or interstate audio Incarcerated People's Communications Services in excess of the following interim rate caps:
$0.09 per minute for each Prison;
$0.08 per minute for each Jail having an Average Daily Population of 1,000 or more Incarcerated People;
$0.10 per minute for each Jail having an Average Daily Population of between and including 350 and 999 Incarcerated People;
$0.11 per minute for each Jail having an Average Daily Population of between and including 100 and 349 Incarcerated People;
$0.13 per minute for each Jail having an Average Daily Population of between and including 50 and 99 Incarcerated People; and
$0.17 per minute for each Jail having an Average Daily Population below and including 49 Incarcerated People.
A Provider must not charge a per-minute rate for video Incarcerated People's Communications Services in excess of the following interim rate caps:
$0.23 per minute for each Prison;
$0.17 per minute for each Jail having an Average Daily Population of 1,000 or more Incarcerated People;
$0.17 per minute for each Jail having an Average Daily Population of between and including 350 and 999 Incarcerated People;
$0.19 per minute for each Jail having an Average Daily Population of between and including 100 and 349 Incarcerated People;
$0.23 per minute for each Jail having an Average Daily Population of between and including 50 and 99 Incarcerated People; and
$0.42 per minute for each Jail having an Average Daily Population of below and including 49 Incarcerated People.
Providers may charge up to an additional $0.02 per minute above the audio and video Incarcerated People's Communications Services rate caps in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section to recover the costs that a Correctional Facility may incur in making Incarcerated People's Communications Services available.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[90 FR 56062, Dec. 5, 2025]
Source
Source: 78 FR 67975, Nov. 13, 2013, unless otherwise noted.
Authority
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154, 201, 202, 217, 218, 220, 222, 225, 226, 227, 227b, 228, 251(a), 251(e), 254(k), 255, 262, 276, 403(b)(2)(B), (c), 616, 620, 716, 1401-1473, unless otherwise noted; Pub. L. 115-141, Div. P, sec. 503, 132 Stat. 348, 1091; Pub. L. 117-338, 136 Stat. 6156.
Source
Source: 28 FR 13239, Dec. 5, 1963, unless otherwise noted.
Amendments
[90 FR 56062, Dec. 5, 2025]