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Re:FCC closes "final loopholes" that keep prison phone price... by toomuchtodo on Thursday July 18, 2024 @05:37PM (#41000011)
Shoutout to Ameelio.

Show HN: Ameelio.org – Free Prison Communication Platform -https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23042558 - May 2020 (90 comments)

Show HN: Ameelio – Free and Open Source Prison Communication Platform (Part II) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23701356 - July 2020 (2 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39376264 (CTO comment on policy 5 months ago)

Re:FCC closes "final loopholes" that keep prison phone price... by freedomben on Thursday July 18, 2024 @06:18PM (#41000278)
(CTO of Ameelio here)

Thank you! Yes we are extremely excited about this decision from the FCC. The next 6 to 12 months (depending on average daily population (ADP) of the facility) are going to see some big changes, in my opinion for the better. With this decision in place, there are still lots of implementation details to figure out so it's still early to say how it will all land, but this is good news for justice-impacted people (especially incarcerated people & their loved ones).