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TO MODIFY THE CURRENT CONTRACT BETWEEN SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES INC AND THE SULLIVAN COUNTY JAIL
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INMATE TELEPHONE SERVICES
WHEREAS, Securus Technologies, Inc. currently maintains a contract with the Sullivan County Jail to provide inmate telephone services; and
WHEREAS, in 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted Incarcerated People's Communication Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act: Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, WC Docket Nos. 23-62 & 12-375, FCC 24-75 (released July 22, 2024) (the "2024 FCC Order"), which, among other provisions, reduced the allowable rates for voice and video communication services and prohibited providers from issuing cash or in-kind commissions derived from FCC-regulated revenues; and
WHEREAS, on June 30, 2025, the FCC issued an order (the "Waiver Order") extending the compliance deadlines for certain provisions of the 2024 FCC Order to April 1, 2027, including the implementation of new rate caps for voice and video services, the prohibition on commissions, and the requirement that video services be offered on a per-minute basis; and
WHEREAS, on December 5, 2025, the FCC published an additional order in the Federal Register (the "Interim Order"), which, among other things, modified the rate caps established in the 2024 FCC Order to account for the costs of investigative tools and safety and security services, as adjusted for inflation, and authorized a per-minute additive to recover costs incurred by correctional facilities in providing access to incarc...
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