Federal Communications Commission	"FCC/DA  XX-XXX"



DA 22-1249
Released:  December 2, 2022

COMMENT DUE DATES SET FOR SIXTH FURTHER NOTICE ON 
CALLING SERVICES FOR INCARCERATED PEOPLE
WC Docket No. 12-375
Comments Due:  December 15, 2022
Reply Comments Due:  January 17, 2023

	By this Public Notice, the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau and the Wireline Competition Bureau announce that comments in response to the Sixth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on calling services for incarcerated people are due no later than December 15, 2022, and reply comments are due no later than January 17, 2023. Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, WC Docket No. 12-375, Fourth Report and Order and Sixth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 22-76 (rel. Sept. 30, 2022) (Further Notice).  
  

The Further Notice, which seeks comment on a number of additional reforms to facilitate accessible and affordable inmate calling services, set deadlines for filing comments and reply comments at 30 days and 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. See id. at 1.  
  On November 15, 2022, the Federal Register published a summary of the Further Notice, establishing December 15, 2022, as the comment deadline and January 17, 2023, as the reply comment deadline. Federal Communications Commission, Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, 87 Fed. Reg. 68416 (Nov. 15, 2022) (Federal Register Notice).  
  The Further Notice and the Federal Register Notice contain complete filing instructions. See Further Notice at paras. 169-71; Federal Register Notice at 68417.


To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice).
For further information, please contact Michael Scott, Disability Rights Office, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, at (202) 418-1264 or Michael.Scott@fcc.gov, on matters relating to the provision of communication services for incarcerated people with hearing and speech disabilities; and Jennifer Best Vickers, Pricing Policy Division, Wireline Communications Bureau, at (202) 418-1526 or jennifer.vickers@fcc.gov, on other matters relating to the Further Notice.
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