California AB-1876, which would bar counties from charging...

California AB-1876, which would bar counties from charging phone companies large commissions to provide jail phone service, passed the Senate public safety committee on Tuesday and was sent to the appropriations committee, according to legislative records. The measure (http://bit.ly/PYeH5o) passed the Assembly May 23. The commission fees have come under attack from critics nationally, who say they raise intrastate inmate phone rates (CD May 5 p8).