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PRESS RELEASE: FCC Takes the First Step To End Pricey Prison Calls
Washington DC- Today, at a rally for fair prison phone rates, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn announced that Chairman Genachowski has begun circulating a further notice of proposed rulemaking for a vote. This marked the first step forward in a ten- year effort to make the price of inter-state calls from prison affordable.
Are you getting what you pay for?
Turn on your TV, read a magazine, or walk through a mall and you’re bombarded with ads by wireless carriers bragging about the speed and/or coverage area of their network. But how accurate are these statements?
Prison Phone Justice Campaign Roundup
Hearing your stories really drove home how important the Prison Phone Justice fight is. Over the course of our Mother’s Day Action, we saw stories from the mothers, children, journalists, advocates and activists who are leading the fight for phone justice. Here’s our roundup of some of the articles and blogs generated.
Keep Pushing – The Mother’s Day Action Goes Through this Monday
Our Mother’s Day Action will be continuing through Monday. Thanks to all of you we’ve collected over 500 stories for the FCC. But we can go further – this Sunday thousands of mothers will be disconnected from their families because of egregiously high prison phone rates. Please keep pushing – the FCC needs to hear your voice.
Why I Support the Prison Phone Justice Campaign
The calls with my cousin while he was incarcerated weren’t just for him; they were for all of us as a family. They were a balm for my mother’s hurt and his mother’s. For as long as they lasted, three minutes or thirty, they were a message of love and hope sent and received by both sides, connecting our hearts and lifting our spirits.
“I Just Called to Say I Love You!”
Last time I visited my mother, I taught her how to text and Skype. It means this year I have the luxury of being able to call, text, or Skype my mom for Mother’s Day. But because of the inflated costs to call from prison to home – thousands of kids and parents this year won’t have that same luxury. Find out what you and the FCC can do to change that.
What do we want? FCC Action! When do we want it? Now!
Ever been in a room with veteran organizers? I mean folks with years of experience on a single issue. If you have, then you know what I mean when I say there is a palpable difference between people who “work” on an issue and people who’ve been “called” to an issue.
‘Universal Service’ Will Now Include Affordable Calls for Prisoners’ Families
This Friday the FCC Consumer Advisory Committee (CAC) met for its Spring meeting. For those unfamiliar with this committee, its purpose is to make recommendations to the FCC regarding consumer issues and to include the voices of consumers in proceedings before the Commission. In the new business section of our agenda, CMJ introduced the idea of having the CAC address the cost of Prison Phone Calls—specifically the FCC’s role in regulating phone companies in order to favor competition.
Center for Media Justice Reacts to FCC’s Announcement on Low-Income Broadband Access
Today, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced plans to make some major changes to the Lifeline low-income telecommunications connectivity program. The Chairman’s plan to modernize Lifeline to include broadband is an important first step toward achieving this goal, but we fear it does not address the immediate needs of thousands of people across the country who cannot search for employment, fully participate in their education, apply for social services and meet their healthcare needs.
CMJ’s Executive Director Malkia Cyril featured in San Francisco Chronicle’s “Change Makers” series
“I don’t say ‘net neutrality,’ that bores me, too. But when I tell people their ability to communicate and connect is threatened, they care about that,” Malkia Cyril talks to the San Francisco Chronicle about systemic reform in media justice.
In this edition of VisionTalk, Saru Jayaraman talks about how Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United) are building a powerful movement to improve the working conditions and wages of the nation’s 10 million restaurant workers.
