The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has mandated a significant reduction in inmate phone call rates. Smaller jails must comply by April 1, 2025, following larger jails which complied in January. Previously, a 15-minute call could cost up to $12.10. The new FCC rate caps these calls at $1.35. This drastic 90% reduction led Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery in Arkansas to cancel all inmate phone calls starting March 30, 2025. Montgomery’s decision stems from the FCC’s new rules, which also ban additional fees and “site commission” payments to jails. These payments, sometimes called “kickbacks,” were part of a system where vendors were chosen based on financial returns to jails rather than service quality or security.
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Mar 14 NEW: The dramatic 911 call has been released from the day University of Idaho students discovered one of their friends unconscious in what would become a shocking quadruple murder case that captivated the country.
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Mar 17 Audio from the dramatic 911 phone call made nearly eight hours after the murders of four University of Idaho students has been released — painting a picture of chaos, confusion and panic.
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Mar 14 #Idaho4 The full 911 call has been released. It is heartbreaking. The shock and terror of the surviving roommates and then Hunter Johnson’s protection of them upon seeing the 2nd floor scene amid his own distress…My breaks for all of these students and families.
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Feb 27 Context: video opens up with an inmate slicing the face of a woman who came to visit him. At the 2:09 mark, a man is fatally stabbed. Another inmate is seen seizing from an assault.
Everyone in the prisons are at risk due to the HALT act, sources tell Daily Wire. This footage,
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