From: malQRMassimilation@gmail.com   
      
   FCC Expands Disability Access Obligations Of Inmate Calling Service   
   Providers And Proposes Additional Regulatory Changes To Improve   
   Communications For Inmates With Hearing And Speech Disabilities   
      
   by Michal Nowicki   
      
   On September 8, 2022 the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or   
   "Commission") released a report and order and further notice of   
   proposed rulemaking adopting sweeping changes to its regulations   
   governing access to telecommunications relay services (TRS) for   
   incarcerated individuals with hearing and speech disabilities. The new   
   rules require inmate calling service (ICS) providers to offer all   
   federally compensable forms of TRS, including video relay service   
   (VRS), Internet Protocol Relay Service (IP Relay), and Internet   
   Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS) (collectively,   
   Internet-based telecommunications relay services ("iTRS")), to   
   eligible inmates in most correctional centers, and, with a narrow   
   exception for the voice component of IP CTS, prohibit ICS providers   
   from charging inmates for these services. They also establish special   
   carceral TRS user registration requirements for IP CTS providers to   
   address the unique challenges associated with accessing these services   
   in correctional environments and clarify how certain mandatory TRS   
   minimum service standards apply in carceral settings.   
      
   https://tinyurl.com/4cvmr4hc   
      
      
   ************************** Moderator's Note **************************   
      
   Well, well ... it seems that letting former inmates vote will have   
   some positive effects after all. :-)   
      
   Bill Horne   
      
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