FCC votes unanimously to dramatically limit prison telecom charges

Re:FCC votes unanimously to dramatically limit prison teleco... by gambiting on Friday July 19, 2024 @11:06AM (#41007262)

Can you sue the state for those charges back?

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Re:FCC votes unanimously to dramatically limit prison teleco... by dmd on Friday July 19, 2024 @12:03PM (#41007846)

Sure, but that would have cost me way more than a couple hundred dollars. (This was about 25 years ago.)

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Re:FCC votes unanimously to dramatically limit prison teleco... by gambiting on Friday July 19, 2024 @12:41PM (#41008318)

Would a small claims court not take it, due to small amount of money involved? I appreciate it was a long time ago so it's hard to answer.

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Re:FCC votes unanimously to dramatically limit prison teleco... by dmd on Friday July 19, 2024 @12:53PM (#41008454)

You mean … the same court and judge that imposed the fee in the first place?

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Re:FCC votes unanimously to dramatically limit prison teleco... by anigbrowl on Friday July 19, 2024 @02:28PM (#41009536)

No? Small claims court is a different branch of the court system.

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