Nate Anderson
Furious at the FCC, Arkansas jail cancels inmate phone calls rather than lower rates
Sheriff John Montgomery of Baxter County, Arkansas, isn't going to take it anymore—if by "it" you mean "having to offer lower phone call rates to incarcerated inmates." Noting that such phone calls are "not required to be provided by law," Sheriff Montgomery is ending all inmate phone calls on March 30, 2025. The cause of Montgomery's wrath, and of his March 30 date, is the Federal Communications Commission, which set an April 1, 2025, deadline for smaller jails to lower the obscene ra