TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Sheriff-Coroner
MEETING DATE: June 7, 2022
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Matthew Kendall
PHONE:
463-4085
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Megan Miltimore
PHONE:
468-3451
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of First Amendment to BOS Agreement 20-143 with Inmate Calling Solutions LLC dba ICSolutions to Reduce the Rates and Billing Fees for Local, Intrastate, Interstate, International Debit, Prepaid Calls and Collect Calls for all Incarcerated Person Calling Services as Ordered by the California Public Utilities Commission
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Approve First Amendment to BOS Agreement 20-143 with Inmate Calling Solutions LLC dba ICSolutions reducing the rates and billing fees for local, intrastate, interstate, and international debit, prepaid calls, and collect calls for all Incarcerated Person Calling Services (IPCS); and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
On October 20, 2020, the Board approved a five-year agreement with ICSolutions for inmate communication services.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Mendocino County Sheriff's Office uses services provided by Inmate Calling Solutions dba ICSolutions that include phone calls and tablet usage for the Jail and includes video visitations, voicemail and text messaging services. On October 7, 2021, the California Public Utilities Commission, in its ongoing efforts to ensure affordable telecommunications services, acted to decrease high rates and fees that financially burdened incarcerated people, their families, and others that provide them with support, impeding their ability to communicate. The CPUC has imposed a per-minute cap of seven cents ($0.07) for local, intrastate and interstate debit, prepaid calls, and collect calls and twenty-one cents ($0.21) for international debit calls for all Incarcerated Person Calling Services (IPCS).
The first amendment to the Agreement red...
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