WESTMORELAND COUNTY PRISONERS TO GET REDUCTION IN PHONE CALL RATES

Westmoreland County Prisoners will now not have to pay as much for making phone calls.  The Trib reports that the Federal Communications Commission issued a new rule earlier this month limits the amount private companies can charge inmates for calling services Those new rules reduced billing rates and eliminated surcharges that in some cases amounted to a nearly $7 minimum for each call.  An inmate’s 20 minute local call that now costs about $12 would be billed at just $4 under the new rules.  The new phone rates must be put in place by April.