After years of paying excessive rates to speak by telephone with their family members in Louisiana jails and prisons, the 40,000 families of Louisiana inmates will soon receive relief, thanks to Congress, federal regulators, and Foster Campbell.
Effective January 1, 2025, “just and reasonable” charges for calls made to incarcerated people across the nation will be set by the Federal Communications Commission. On that date, calls to and from jails and prisons in Louisiana will drop from 25 cents a minute to as low as 6 cents.
That is a welcome change, said Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell. “Louisiana families have for years been charged outrageously high rates and unauthorized fees added to bills,” Campbell said. “That is because monopoly telephone companies formed an alliance with Louisiana sheriffs and…
