OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Families in Oklahoma are seeing relief in how much it costs to connect with loved ones incarcerated with set per-minute rate caps for in-state audio calls, video communications, including video visitation.
Oklahoma families with loved ones confined switched to state-issued tablets, made available to prisoners statewide in 2021 after the banning of physical mail from entering state prisons in September 2024 curtailing the flow of contraband drugs into facilities.
The Federal Communications Commission in July of 2024 changed the rules to end exorbitant phone and video call rates that have burdened incarcerated people and their families for a very long time…