by Cheryl Leanza | Sep 15, 2025 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons, Featured, Open and Affordable Communications
On September 15, UCC Media Justice helped organize a coalition letter almost 100 of faith and public interest groups urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to overturn its unjust and unlawful suspension of fair prison phone and video rates. This letter...
by UCC Media Justice | Jul 31, 2025 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons, Featured, Open and Affordable Communications
Last night, UCC Media Justice joined a coalition of public interest groups that filed an Application for Review urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to overturn a recent decision by the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau that suspends the 2024 FCC rules...
by Cheryl Leanza | Jun 30, 2025 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons, Featured, Open and Affordable Communications, Uncategorized
The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau just announced a unilateral delay in all rules implementing the Martha Wright Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act. This statement can be attributed to Cheryl A. Leanza, policy advisor...
by Cheryl Leanza | May 20, 2025 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons, Open and Affordable Communications
What kind of company wants to keep their prices a secret? Usually, if they won’t tell you what their product costs, it’s a good bet that it costs too much. We’re unfortunately well-acquainted with another group of companies that don’t want to...
by Sara Cederberg | Apr 24, 2025 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons, Open and Affordable Communications
UCC Media Justice has joined a coalition of allied organizations in submitting a legal brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in support of the FCC’s historic order to lower the cost of calls and video communications for incarcerated people. UCC...
by Sara Cederberg | Apr 11, 2025 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons, Open and Affordable Communications
UPDATE: On Thursday, April 17, the FCC GRANTED the request we made in the letter we filed last week! Talton’s highly redacted request for waiver from the new rate caps and consumer protections for incarcerated communications services will be paused indefinitely. With...
