FCC Commissioner Clyburn pushes FCC to cut prison phone rates

Mignon Clyburn, a commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission, urged FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski to cut the rates that prisoners pay to talk on the phone with their friends and family. She said the FCC has a responsibility to ensure that phone rates are just and reasonable. "Incarcerated individuals and their loved ones should not be the exceptions here, and as watchdogs of the public interest, this commission must and should act expeditiously," she said.