47 C.F.R. § 64.6000
As used in this subpart:
Alternate Pricing Plan or Plan means the offering of Incarcerated People's Communications Services to Consumers using a pricing structure other than per-minute pricing.
Ancillary Service Charge means any charge to Consumers associated with the provision or use of Incarcerated People's Communications Services that is not:
Authorized Fee means a government authorized, but discretionary, fee which a Provider must remit to a federal, state, or local government, and which a Provider is permitted, but not required, to pass through to Consumers for or in connection with intrastate, interstate, or international Incarcerated People's Communications Services. An Authorized Fee may not include a markup, unless the markup is specifically authorized by a federal, state, or local statute, rule, or regulation.
Average Daily Population or ADP means the sum of all Incarcerated People in a Correctional Facility for each day of the preceding calendar year divided by the number of days in that year, calculated each year on or before April 30.
Billing Statement or Statement of Account means the vehicle by which IPCS Account information is provided to the Consumer on a monthly basis, regardless of IPCS Account type, including: (a) the amount of any deposits in the IPCS Account; (b) the duration of any call(s) or communication(s) for which a charge is assessed; and (c) the balance remaining in the IPCS Account after deduction of those charges.
Breakeven Point means, for purposes of an Alternate Pricing Plan, the usage amount:
Collect Calling means an arrangement whereby the called party takes affirmative action clearly indicating that it will pay the charges associated with a communication originating from an Incarcerated Person's Communications Device.
Consumer means the party paying a Provider of Incarcerated People's Communications Services.
Controlling Judicial or Administrative Mandate means:
Correctional Facility, Facility, or Correctional Institution means a Jail or a Prison.
Debit Calling means a presubscription or comparable service which allows an Incarcerated Person, or someone acting on an Incarcerated Person's behalf, to fund an IPCS Account set up through a Provider that can be used to pay for Incarcerated People's Communications Services originated by the Incarcerated Person.
Facility-Related Rate Component means either the Legally Mandated Facility Rate Component or the Contractually Prescribed Facility Rate Component identified in § 64.6030(d) .
Incarcerated Person or Incarcerated People means a person or persons detained at a Jail or Prison, regardless of the duration of the detention.
Incarcerated People's Communications Service or IPCS means the provision of telephone service; interconnected VoIP service; non-interconnected VoIP service; interoperable video conferencing service; and any audio or video communications service used by Incarcerated People for the purpose of communicating with individuals outside the Facility where the Incarcerated Person is held, regardless of the technology used and regardless of interstate, intrastate or international jurisdiction.
Incarcerated People's Communications Service Account or IPCS Account means any type of account administered, or directly or indirectly controlled by a Provider or an affiliate of a Provider that can be used to pay IPCS rates and charges, including accounts where the Incarcerated Person is the account holder.
Incarcerated Person's Communications Device means a telephone instrument or other device capable of initiating communications, set aside by authorities of a Correctional Facility for use by one or more Incarcerated People.
Interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol or Interconnected VoIP means a service that:
Interoperable Video Conferencing Service means a service that provides real-time video communications, including audio, to enable users to share information of the user's choosing.
International Communications means communications that originate in the United States and terminate outside the United States.
International Destination means the rate zone in which an International Communication terminates. For countries that have a single rate zone, International Destination means the country in which an International Communication terminates.
Inmate means a person detained at a Jail or Prison, regardless of the duration of the detention;
Inmate Calling Service means a service that allows Inmates to make calls to individuals outside the Correctional Facility where the Inmate is being held, regardless of the technology used to deliver the service;
Inmate Telephone means a telephone instrument, or other device capable of initiating calls, set aside by authorities of a Correctional Facility for use by Inmates;
Jail means a Facility of a local, state, or federal law enforcement agency that is used to primarily hold individuals who are:
Jurisdiction means:
Jurisdictionally Mixed Charge means any charge Consumers may be assessed for use of Incarcerated People's Communications Services that is not included in the per-minute charges assessed for individual communications and that are assessed for, or in connection with, uses of Incarcerated People's Communications Service to make such communications that have interstate or international and intrastate components that are unable to be segregated at the time the charge is incurred.
Mandatory Tax or Mandatory Fee means a fee that a Provider is required to collect directly from Consumers, and remit to federal, state, or local governments. A Mandatory Tax or Mandatory Fee that is passed through to a Consumer for, or in connection with, Incarcerated People's Communications Services may not include a markup, unless the markup is specifically authorized by a federal, state, or local statute, rule, or regulation.
Non-interconnected VoIP means a service, other than an Interconnected VoIP service, that enables real-time voice communications that originate from, or terminate to, the end-user's location using Internet Protocol or any successor protocol and that requires Internet Protocol compatible customer premises equipment.
Per-Call, Per-Connection, or Per-Communication Charge means a one-time fee charged to a Consumer of IPCS at call or communication initiation.
Prepaid Calling means a presubscription or comparable service in which a Consumer, other than an Incarcerated Person, funds an account set up through a Provider of Incarcerated People's Communications Services. Funds from the account can then be used to pay for Incarcerated People's Communications Services that originate with the same Incarcerated Person.
Prepaid Collect Calling means a calling arrangement that allows an Incarcerated Person to initiate an Incarcerated People's Communications Services communication without having a pre-established billing arrangement and also provides a means, within that communication, for the called party to establish an arrangement to be billed directly by the Provider of Incarcerated People's Communications Services for future communications from the same Incarcerated Person.
Prison means a Facility operated by a territorial, state, or Federal agency that is used primarily to confine individuals convicted of felonies and sentenced to terms in excess of one year. The term also includes public and private facilities that provide outsource housing to other agencies such as the State Departments of Correction and the Federal Bureau of Prisons; and facilities that would otherwise fall under the definition of a Jail but in which the majority of Incarcerated People are post-conviction and are committed to confinement for sentences of longer than one year.
Provider of Incarcerated People's Communications Services or Provider means any communications service provider that provides Incarcerated People's Communications Services, regardless of the technology used.
Provider-Related Rate Component means the interim per-minute rate specified in either § 64.6030(b) or (c) that Providers at Jails with Average Daily Populations of 1,000 or more Incarcerated People and all Prisons may charge for interstate Collect Calling, Debit Calling, Prepaid Calling, or Prepaid Collect Calling.
Site Commission means any form of monetary payment, in-kind payment, gift, exchange of services or goods, fee, technology allowance, or product that a Provider of Incarcerated People's Communications Services or affiliate of a Provider of Incarcerated People's Communications Services may pay, give, donate, or otherwise provide to an entity that operates a Correctional Institution, an entity with which the Provider of Incarcerated People's Communications Services enter into an agreement to provide Incarcerated People's Communications Services, a governmental agency that oversees a Correctional Facility, the city, county, or state where a Facility is located, or an agent of any such Facility.
47 C.F.R. §64.6000