Writing in *#TheAmericanProspect*, #KalenaThomhave does an *excellent* job on the technical ins-and-outs of calling on PUCs to regulate prison-tech, both in California and in other states where PUCs haven't yet been neutered or eliminated by deregulation-crazed Republicans:

https://prospect.org/justice/2023-05-08-california-prison-phone-calls-free/

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California’s Legislature Made Prison Phone Calls Free—Utility Regulators Can Handle the Rest

On the heels of groundbreaking federal prison phone call legislation, public utility commissions across the country can also regulate exploitative prison telecoms.

The American Prospect