(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]