FCC Seeks Comment on Proposed 2023 Mandatory Data Collection for Incarcerated People's Communications Services

The Federal Communications Commission seeks comment on the contours and specific requirements of the proposed 2023 Mandatory Data Collection for incarcerated people’s communications services (IPCS). This public notice is an effort to help implement the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022 (Martha Wright-Reed Act or Act). In recent years, the FCC has collected data from providers of calling services for incarcerated people as part of its ongoing efforts to establish just and reasonable rates for those services that reduce the financial burdens imposed on incarcerated people and their loved ones, while ensuring that providers are fairly compensated for their services. In requiring or allowing the FCC to consider certain types of costs, the new Act contemplates that the FCC would undertake additional data collection. To ensure that it has the data it needs to meet its substantive and procedural responsibilities under the Act, the FCC  delegated authority to Wireline Competition Bureau/Office of Economics and Analytics to “update and restructure” the Commission’s most recent data collection “as appropriate in light of the requirements of the new statute.”


Proposed 2023 IPCS Mandatory Data Collection Public Notice