Pennsylvania State Prison phone rates and kickbacks

Pennsylvania ranks 12nd in the nation for the affordability of a 15 minute call.

Kickbacks paid

$3,470,852.00 paid in 2017.

Percentage of call cost going to kickbacks: 59-60%

Cost of a 15-minute Intrastate Call

	Collect	Prepaid	Debit
Same state	$0.90	$0.90	$0.90
Local	$0.90	$0.90	$0.90

Detailed rates

	Collect	Prepaid	Debit
Same state	0.06/min	0.06/min	0.06/min
Local	0.06/min	0.06/min	0.06/min

Phone service providers

Securus

Notes

Rates current as of May 2017.
Kickbacks from FY2012.

Data current as of 2017-2018

Historical Data for Pennsylvania

Primary source documents

State DOC Rates

State DOC Contracts

State DOC Commission Data

Key Prison Phone Documents

PLN Dec. 2013 cover story on the prison phone industry

PLN April 2011 cover story on the prison phone industry

HRDC comment to FCC re WA phone rates Sept. 2014

HRDC response to PayTel comments Jan. 2014

HRDC comment to FCC on FNPRM Dec. 2013

HRDC comment to FCC on NPRM March 2013

HRDC reply comment to FCC on NPRM April 2013

HRDC response to Global Tel comments Oct. 2012

HRDC initial comment to FCC April 2007

FCC Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Oct. 2014

FCC Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Sept. 2013

FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Dec. 2012

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