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47 CFR § 64.6030 - Incarcerated People's Communications Services interim rate caps. 

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t47/s64.6030"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "47 CFR § 64.6030 - Incarcerated People's Communications Services interim rate caps."
title_number: 47
title_name: "Telecommunication"
section_number: "64.6030"
section_name: "Incarcerated People's Communications Services interim rate caps."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "COMMON CARRIER SERVICES"
part_number: "64"
part_name: "MISCELLANEOUS RULES RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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."
regulatory_source: "28 FR 13239, Dec. 5, 1963, unless otherwise noted."
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# 64.6030 Incarcerated People's Communications Services interim rate caps.

(a) 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.

(b) 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:

(1) $0.09 per minute for each Prison;

(2) $0.08 per minute for each Jail having an Average Daily Population of 1,000 or more Incarcerated People;

(3) $0.10 per minute for each Jail having an Average Daily Population of between and including 350 and 999 Incarcerated People;

(4) $0.11 per minute for each Jail having an Average Daily Population of between and including 100 and 349 Incarcerated People;

(5) $0.13 per minute for each Jail having an Average Daily Population of between and including 50 and 99 Incarcerated People; and

(6) $0.17 per minute for each Jail having an Average Daily Population below and including 49 Incarcerated People.

(c) A Provider must not charge a per-minute rate for video Incarcerated People's Communications Services in excess of the following interim rate caps:

(1) $0.23 per minute for each Prison;

(2) $0.17 per minute for each Jail having an Average Daily Population of 1,000 or more Incarcerated People;

(3) $0.17 per minute for each Jail having an Average Daily Population of between and including 350 and 999 Incarcerated People;

(4) $0.19 per minute for each Jail having an Average Daily Population of between and including 100 and 349 Incarcerated People;

(5) $0.23 per minute for each Jail having an Average Daily Population of between and including 50 and 99 Incarcerated People; and

(6) $0.42 per minute for each Jail having an Average Daily Population of below and including 49 Incarcerated People.

(d) 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.

[90 FR 56062, Dec. 5, 2025]