{"description":"Documents matching 'because they inmate public institution'","count":510,"total_pages":26,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=because+they+inmate+public+institution&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Inmate Financial Responsibility Program: Procedures","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking would update and streamline regulations regarding the Inmate Financial Responsibility Program (IFRP).","document_number":"2024-29692","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/17/2024-29692/inmate-financial-responsibility-program-procedures","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-17/pdf/2024-29692.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29692.pdf?1734356734","publication_date":"2024-12-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Prisons","name":"Prisons Bureau","id":437,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/prisons-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/437","parent_id":268,"slug":"prisons-bureau"}],"excerpts":"six-month period from any source. As stated in 28 CFR 506.1, individual <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> commissary accounts allow the Bureau to maintain <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> monies while the <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> is incarcerated. Funds in <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> accounts can come from a number of sources: the <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> may earn pay from work assignments (including compensation earned through UNICOR); family members or friends may send funds to the <span class=\"match\">inmate</span>; the <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> may receive tax refunds or other government-related issuances; or the <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> may receive other types of income (such as stock dividends, state benefits, litigation"},{"title":"Inmate Legal Activities: Visits by Attorneys","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) amends regulations in 28 CFR part 543, subpart B--Inmate Legal Activities to revise procedures governing attorney visits.","document_number":"2024-02470","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/07/2024-02470/inmate-legal-activities-visits-by-attorneys","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-07/pdf/2024-02470.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-02470.pdf?1707227123","publication_date":"2024-02-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Prisons","name":"Prisons Bureau","id":437,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/prisons-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/437","parent_id":268,"slug":"prisons-bureau"}],"excerpts":"First, we added introductory language to distinguish Bureau <span class=\"match\">institutions</span> that house convicted individuals from those that house pretrial detainees and unsentenced individuals. With this qualifying language, we affirm the current attorney-visit procedures used by Bureau <span class=\"match\">institutions</span> that house only convicted individuals. Attorneys seeking to visit clients at one of these Bureau <span class=\"match\">institutions</span> are still required to make an advance appointment to visit their client, and the warden of the <span class=\"match\">institution</span> is still required to make every effort to accommodate a"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communication Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) modifies the Commission's previous incarcerated people's communications services (IPCS) rate caps in response to record evidence of the significant unintended consequences of those rate caps. It establishes new interim audio and video IPCS rate caps by basing the calculation of the Commission's rate caps only on billed minutes, incorporating all safety and security measure expenses that IPCS providers reported incurring, and creating an additional rate cap tier for extremely small jails. It also creates a separate interim rate additive to ensure recovery of correctional facilities' costs of administering IPCS. Additionally, it sets a new compliance date for providers' compliance with the new rules and clarifies that the rate cap, site commission, and per-minute pricing rules from the Commission's 2021 Order will no longer apply following that date.","document_number":"2025-22125","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22125/incarcerated-peoples-communication-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22125.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22125.pdf?1764855936","publication_date":"2025-12-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Chief Data and Analytics Officer and after seeking <span class=\"match\">public</span> comment to the extent it deems appropriate, to determine whether any \n \n data assets maintained or created by the Commission pursuant to the rules adopted in the \n 2025 IPCS Order \n are “<span class=\"match\">public</span> data assets” and if so, to determine when and to what extent such information should be published as “open Government data assets.” In doing so, WCB shall take into account the extent to which such data assets should not be made <span class=\"match\">publicly</span> available <span class=\"match\">because</span> they are not subject to disclosure under the Freedom"},{"title":"Inmate Discipline Program: Disciplinary Segregation and Prohibited Act Code Changes","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) proposes to amend, clarify, and streamline inmate discipline regulations to conform with current practice; to adopt recommendations of the January 2016 U.S. Department of Justice Report and Recommendations Concerning the Use of Restrictive Housing to reduce the potential length of the disciplinary segregation sanction; and to amend and clarify the list of prohibited act codes.","document_number":"2024-01088","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/01/2024-01088/inmate-discipline-program-disciplinary-segregation-and-prohibited-act-code-changes","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-01/pdf/2024-01088.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-01088.pdf?1706708712","publication_date":"2024-02-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Prisons","name":"Prisons Bureau","id":437,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/prisons-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/437","parent_id":268,"slug":"prisons-bureau"}],"excerpts":"acquiesced upon discovering that an <span class=\"match\">inmate's</span> Facebook account was being operated to convey content from the <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> himself, it would open the door to <span class=\"match\">inmates</span> communicating with a virtually unlimited number of individuals. Those Facebook contacts could include other confined <span class=\"match\">inmates</span>, gang members with whom the <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> may be affiliated with and prohibited from contacting, or perhaps more disturbingly victims of the <span class=\"match\">inmate's</span> crimes or other individuals who may be subject to deliberate intimidation by the <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> (or by the <span class=\"match\">inmate's</span> contact who controls the account"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communication Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts rules addressing all intrastate, interstate, and international audio and video incarcerated people's communication services (IPCS), including video visitation services. The reforms include adopting permanent rate caps for audio IPCS and interim rate caps for video; prohibiting IPCS providers from making site commission payments associated with IPCS and preempting state and local laws and regulations requiring such commissions; prohibiting IPCS providers from imposing any separate ancillary service charges on IPCS consumers; strengthening the Commission's requirements for access to IPCS by incarcerated people with disabilities; permitting IPCS providers to offer optional alternate pricing plans that comply with the rate caps; strengthening existing consumer disclosure and inactive account requirements; revising the existing annual reporting and certification requirements; facilitating enforcement of the new IPCS rules; and delegating authority to the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB), Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB), and Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA).","document_number":"2024-19037","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/20/2024-19037/incarcerated-peoples-communication-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-20/pdf/2024-19037.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-19037.pdf?1726663521","publication_date":"2024-09-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"compensate a correctional <span class=\"match\">institution</span> for the costs (if any) an <span class=\"match\">institution</span> incurs to enable interstate and international <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> calling services” were “prudently incurred expenses used and useful in the provision of interstate and international <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> calling services.” Contractually prescribed site \n \n commission payments were deemed not recoverable, however, “insofar as they exceed[ed] the level needed to compensate a correctional <span class=\"match\">institution</span> for the costs (if any) an <span class=\"match\">institution</span> incurs to enable interstate and international <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> calling services.”"},{"title":"Department of Justice; Withdrawal of Rulemaking Actions","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Justice (\"DOJ\" or \"the Department\") is withdrawing 16 Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (\"NPRMs\"), Advance Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (\"ANPRMs\"), and Supplemental Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (\"SNPRMs\") as well as 38 other previously announced regulatory actions. The Department is withdrawing these actions as part of the Federal Government's deregulatory initiative and because of ongoing assessments of agency needs, priorities, and objectives.","document_number":"2025-17526","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/11/2025-17526/department-of-justice-withdrawal-of-rulemaking-actions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-11/pdf/2025-17526.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17526.pdf?1757508317","publication_date":"2025-09-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"}],"excerpts":"(NPRM). \n \n \n 1120-AB56 \n BOP \n <span class=\"match\">Inmate</span> Commissary Account Deposit Procedures, 80 FR 38658 (July 7, 2015) (NPRM). \n \n \n 1120-AB61 \n BOP \n Pre-Release Community Confinement, 76 FR 58197 (Sept. 20, 2011) (NPRM). \n \n \n 1120-AB67 \n BOP \n Use of Chemical Agents or Other Less-Than-Lethal Force in Immediate Use of Force Situations, 81 FR 10153 (Feb. 29, 2016) (NPRM). \n \n \n 1120-AB69 \n BOP \n Infectious Disease Management: Voluntary and Involuntary Testing, 80 FR 73153 (Nov. 24, 2015) (NPRM). \n \n \n 1120-AB78 \n BOP \n <span class=\"match\">Inmate</span> Financial Responsibility Program:"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communication Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks additional comment on establishing permanent rate caps for video incarcerated people's communications services (IPCS) that are just and reasonable, and will fairly compensate IPCS providers, including comment on the video IPCS marketplace and the types of data needed to support its efforts to adopt permanent video IPCS rate caps in the future. It also seeks comment on the possibly of further disaggregating the very small jail rate tier and the types of cost or other data that would identify any additional distinctions within this rate tier. The Commission seeks comment on its authority to address quality of service issues raised in this proceeding and whether it should develop minimum Federal quality of service standards. It again seeks comment on whether to expand the definitions of \"Prison\" and \"Jail\" to capture the full universe of confinement facilities and specifically, the costs providers incur in providing service to confinement facilities that are not correctional institutions. It also seeks comment on whether to incorporate into its inactive account rules a requirement that providers allow account holders to designate a third party to receive refunds from IPCS accounts. Finally, the Commission seeks comment on possibly adopting a uniform additive to the IPCS rate caps to account for correctional facility costs.","document_number":"2024-19038","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/20/2024-19038/incarcerated-peoples-communication-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-20/pdf/2024-19038.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-19038.pdf?1726663519","publication_date":"2024-09-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"to make “<span class=\"match\">public</span> data assets” available under an open license and as “open Government data assets,” \n i.e., \n in machine-readable, open format, unencumbered by use restrictions other than intellectual property rights, and based on an open standard that is maintained by a standards organization. This requirement is to be implemented “in accordance with guidance by the Director” of the OMB. The term “<span class=\"match\">public</span> data asset” means “a data asset, or part thereof, maintained by the Federal Government that has been, or may be, released to the <span class=\"match\">public</span>, including"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communication Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks additional comment and data from stakeholders on adopting permanent audio and video IPCS rate caps and on whether and how the Commission should refine its IPCS data collections going forward to provide the data needed to ensure rate caps are just and reasonable and fairly compensate IPCS providers. It also seeks comment on how and when the Commission should structure a permanent rate additive to account for the recovery of correctional facility costs incurred in making IPCS available, including an additive that potentially varies by facility type and size. Finally, it proposes to retain the prohibition on ancillary service charges previously adopted by the Commission and seeks further comment on this proposal. In the alternative, it seeks comment on a request to reinstate automated payment fees and third-party financial transaction fees as permissible ancillary service charges.","document_number":"2025-22130","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22130/incarcerated-peoples-communication-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22130.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22130.pdf?1764855937","publication_date":"2025-12-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Chief Data and Analytics Officer and after seeking <span class=\"match\">public</span> comment to the extent it deems appropriate, to determine whether any data assets maintained or created by the Commission pursuant to the rules adopted in the \n 2025 IPCS Order \n are “<span class=\"match\">public</span> data assets” and if so, to determine when and to what extent such information should be published as “open Government data assets.” In doing so, WCB shall take into account the extent to which such data assets should not be made <span class=\"match\">publicly</span> available <span class=\"match\">because</span> they are not subject to disclosure under the Freedom"},{"title":"Termination of the Designation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status","type":"Notice","abstract":"Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) newly announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is terminating the designation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status. Because of interference by a federal district court judge, the designation of Haiti is set to expire on February 3, 2026. After reviewing country conditions and consulting with appropriate U.S. Government agencies, the Secretary determined that Haiti no longer meets the conditions for the designation for Temporary Protected Status. The Secretary, therefore, is newly terminating the Temporary Protected Status designation of Haiti as required by statute. This termination is effective February 3, 2026. After February 3, 2026, nationals of Haiti (and aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Haiti) who have been granted Temporary Protected Status under Haiti's designation will no longer have Temporary Protected Status. This determination to terminate the TPS designation for Haiti supersedes the determination announced in the July 1, 2025 notice, \"Termination of the Designation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status.\"","document_number":"2025-21379","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/28/2025-21379/termination-of-the-designation-of-haiti-for-temporary-protected-status","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-28/pdf/2025-21379.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21379.pdf?1764164719","publication_date":"2025-11-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"},{"raw_name":"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services","name":"U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services","id":499,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/u-s-citizenship-and-immigration-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/499","parent_id":227,"slug":"u-s-citizenship-and-immigration-services"}],"excerpts":" Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and <span class=\"match\">Public</span> Safety Threats, 90 FR 8451 (Jan. 30, 2025).\n \n \n \n \n 26 \n  Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and <span class=\"match\">Public</span> Safety Threats, 90 FR 24497 (June 10, 2025).\n \n \n \n \n 27 \n  Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and <span class=\"match\">Public</span> Safety Threats, 90 FR 24497 (June 10, 2025).\n \n \n \n Overstaying the terms of the"},{"title":"Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Generic Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request","type":"Notice","abstract":"On May 28, 2010, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) guidance related to the \"generic\" clearance process. Generally, this is an expedited process by which agencies may obtain OMB's approval of collection of information requests that are \"usually voluntary, low-burden, and uncontroversial collections,\" do not raise any substantive or policy issues, and do not require policy or methodological review. The process requires the submission of an overarching plan that defines the scope of the individual collections that would fall under its umbrella. On October 23, 2011, OMB approved our initial request to use the generic clearance process under control number 0938-1148 (CMS-10398). It was last approved on April 26, 2021, via the standard PRA process which included the publication of 60- and 30-day Federal Register notices. The scope of the April 2021 umbrella accounts for Medicaid and CHIP State plan amendments, waivers, demonstrations, and reporting. This Federal Register notice seeks public comment on one or more of our collection of information requests that we believe are generic and fall within the scope of the umbrella. Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding our burden estimates or any other aspect of this collection of information, including: the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.","document_number":"2025-22184","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/08/2025-22184/medicaid-and-childrens-health-insurance-program-chip-generic-information-collection-activities","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-08/pdf/2025-22184.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22184.pdf?1764942312","publication_date":"2025-12-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"individual's CHIP eligibility <span class=\"match\">because</span> they are an <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> of a <span class=\"match\">public</span> <span class=\"match\">institution</span> to targeted low-income pregnant women. Effective January 1, 2026, states must cease terminating CHIP eligibility for targeted low-income pregnant women but may instead suspend their coverage during the enrollee's incarceration. States that elect to suspend coverage may implement either a benefits or eligibility suspension. \n Form Number: \n CMS-10398 #17 (OMB control number: 0938-1148); \n Frequency: \n Once and Occasionally; \n Affected <span class=\"match\">Public</span>: \n State, Local, or Tribal Governments;"},{"title":"Inmate Financial Responsibility Program: Procedures","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would update and streamline regulations regarding the Inmate Financial Responsibility Program (IFRP).","document_number":"2023-00244","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/01/10/2023-00244/inmate-financial-responsibility-program-procedures","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-01-10/pdf/2023-00244.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-00244.pdf?1673271923","publication_date":"2023-01-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Prisons","name":"Prisons Bureau","id":437,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/prisons-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/437","parent_id":268,"slug":"prisons-bureau"}],"excerpts":"while the <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> is incarcerated. Funds in <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> accounts can come from a number of sources: the <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> may earn pay from work assignments (including compensation earned through UNICOR); family members or friends may send funds to the <span class=\"match\">inmate</span>; the <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> may receive tax refunds or other government-related issuances; or the <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> may receive other types of income (such as stock dividends, state benefits, litigation settlements, and inheritance). All money earned by the <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> from the Bureau is automatically deposited into the <span class=\"match\">inmate's</span> commissary"},{"title":"Promoting Technological Solutions To Combat Contraband Wireless Device Use in Correctional Facilities","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) seeks comment on proposals that would enhance public safety by removing regulatory barriers to the deployment and viability of existing and developing technologies that combat contraband wireless device use in correctional facilities. This document seeks comment on a proposed framework to authorize, for the first time, non-federal operation of radio frequency (RF) jamming solutions in correctional facilities. The Commission seeks to foster a collaborative environment among key stakeholders, including departments of correction, solutions providers, wireless providers, public safety and 911 entities, to explore an expanded range of solutions to a shared problem.","document_number":"2025-21325","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/26/2025-21325/promoting-technological-solutions-to-combat-contraband-wireless-device-use-in-correctional","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-26/pdf/2025-21325.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21325.pdf?1764078345","publication_date":"2025-11-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"September 30, 2025. The full text of this document is available for <span class=\"match\">public</span> inspection online at \n https://docs.fcc.gov/<span class=\"match\">public</span>/attachments/FCC-25-65A1.pdf. \n \n \n Paperwork Reduction Act. \n This document may contain potential new or revised information collection requirements. If the Commission adopts any new or modified information collection requirements, they will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under section 3507(d) of the PRA. OMB, the general <span class=\"match\">public</span>, and other federal agencies are invited to comment on the new"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; Community Engagement Requirement for Certain Individuals","type":"Rule","abstract":"This interim final rule with comment period (IFC) interprets and implements the community engagement requirement in Medicaid under section 1902(xx) of the Social Security Act. States are required to implement the new requirement no later than January 1, 2027. This IFC specifies the requirements and expectations for States, including the Medicaid applicants and beneficiaries who must demonstrate community engagement as a condition of their eligibility, the types of qualifying activities that satisfy the community engagement requirement, the criteria to meet an exception from the requirement (that is, be deemed compliant), and the criteria to meet a specified exclusion from the requirement. It also specifies requirements for verification of qualifying activities, outreach to affected populations, steps States must take if they determine individuals are noncompliant, and additional operational considerations for States. Finally, this IFC specifies implementation timing and establishes new State reporting requirements.","document_number":"2026-11094","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11094/medicaid-program-community-engagement-requirement-for-certain-individuals","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-03/pdf/2026-11094.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11094.pdf?1780346707","publication_date":"2026-06-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"IFC. \n 8. <span class=\"match\">Inmate</span> of a <span class=\"match\">Public</span> <span class=\"match\">Institution</span> \n \n Section 1902(xx)(9)(A)(ii)(VIII) of the Act provides an exclusion from the community engagement requirement for individuals who are <span class=\"match\">inmates</span> of a <span class=\"match\">public</span> <span class=\"match\">institution</span>. Medicaid has a long-standing definition of “<span class=\"match\">inmate</span> of a <span class=\"match\">public</span> <span class=\"match\">institution</span>” and “<span class=\"match\">public</span> <span class=\"match\">institution</span>” at § 435.1010, which we reference in new § 435.554(c)(9). We consider an individual to be an <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> of a <span class=\"match\">public</span> <span class=\"match\">institution</span> if the individual is in custody and held involuntarily through operation of law enforcement.\n 80 \n \n <span class=\"match\">Public</span> institutions"},{"title":"Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) amends its rules to: require inmate calling services providers to provide access to all relay services eligible for Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) Fund support, as well as American Sign Language (ASL) point-to-point video communication, where broadband internet access service is available, in jurisdictions with an average daily population of 50 or more incarcerated persons; clarify and expand the scope of restrictions on inmate calling services providers assessing charges for TRS and ASL point-to-point video calls; expand the scope of inmate calling services providers' required Annual Reports; and facilitate registration for carceral use of TRS. The Commission also amends its rules to: prohibit inmate calling services providers from seizing or otherwise disposing of funds in inactive calling services accounts until at least 180 calendar days of continuous inactivity has passed; lower the caps on provider charges for single-call services and third-party financial transactions; and clarify the definitions of \"Jail\" and \"Prison.\" These actions will improve communications access for incarcerated people with disabilities and lessen the financial burdens incarcerated people and their loved ones face when using calling services.","document_number":"2022-25192","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/12/09/2022-25192/rates-for-interstate-inmate-calling-services","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-12-09/pdf/2022-25192.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-25192.pdf?1670507116","publication_date":"2022-12-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"regulations prohibit <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> calling services providers from assessing an additional charge for a TRS call, in excess of the charge for an equivalent voice <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> calling services call. Rates for Interstate <span class=\"match\">Inmate</span> Calling Services, published at 78 FR 67956, November 13, 2013. In 2015, the Commission went further, amending its rules to prohibit <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> calling services providers from levying or collecting any charge at all for a TRS call placed by an incarcerated individual using a text telephone (TTY) device. Rates for Interstate <span class=\"match\">Inmate</span> Calling Services"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communication Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comment from the public on the scope and implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022 (Martha Wright-Reed Act or the Act). Through the Martha Wright-Reed Act, Congress expanded the Commission's jurisdiction over incarcerated people's communications services and expressly directs that the Commission adopt just and reasonable rates and charges for incarcerated people's audio and video communications services in correctional institutions. Specifically, the Commission seeks comment on how to interpret the Act's language to effectively implement the statute consistent with Congress's intent. The Commission seeks comment on how Congress's amendments to sections 2(b), 3(1), and 276 of the Communications Act of 1934 (Communications Act) affect the Commission's regulatory authority over incarcerated people's communications services and how to draft regulations to implement such authority. The Commission also seeks comment on how the Martha Wright- Reed Act affects its ability to ensure that incarcerated people's communications services and associated equipment are accessible to and usable by incarcerated people with disabilities.","document_number":"2023-07068","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/04/07/2023-07068/incarcerated-peoples-communication-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-04-07/pdf/2023-07068.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-07068.pdf?1680785116","publication_date":"2023-04-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"provide to an entity that operates a correctional <span class=\"match\">institution</span>, an entity with which the Provider of <span class=\"match\">Inmate</span> Calling Services enters into an agreement to provide <span class=\"match\">Inmate</span> Calling 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.” \n \n 9. In 2016, the Commission continued its reform of the <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> calling services marketplace by, among other things, \n \n amending its rate caps to better allow <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> calling service providers to recover costs incurred"},{"title":"Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Commission seeks to obtain detailed comment to enable it to make further progress toward ensuring that the rates, charges, and practices for and in connection with interstate and international inmate calling services meet applicable statutory standard. In this document FCC 22-76, the Commission seeks comment on whether to adopt a form of enterprise registration for IP CTS, whether to increase inmate services providers' TRS-related access obligations to include providing access to advanced forms of TRS in jurisdictions with an average daily population of less than 50 incarcerated persons, and whether inmate calling services providers should disclose their charges in an accessible format for disabled incarcerated people. The Commission also seeks comment on whether it should refine its rules concerning the treatment of unused funds in accounts that consumers use to pay for interstate and international inmate calling services and related ancillary services charges, on how it might improve its consumer disclosure rules, and on how the Commission should use the responses to the Third Mandatory Data Collection to establish reasonable, permanent caps on rates and ancillary service charges for interstate and international calling services for incarcerated people. The Commission seeks further comment on whether to allow inmate calling services providers to offer pilot programs that offer consumers the ability to purchase inmate calling services under alternative pricing structures. Last, the Commission also seeks comment on whether it should expand its definitions of \"Jail\" and \"Prison\" and on how its proposals may promote or inhibit advances in diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.","document_number":"2022-24597","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/11/15/2022-24597/rates-for-interstate-inmate-calling-services","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-11-15/pdf/2022-24597.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-24597.pdf?1668433518","publication_date":"2022-11-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"enable the Commission to set permanent rate caps for interstate and international <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> calling services that accurately reflect the providers' costs of providing those services, and to inform the evaluation and potential revision of the Commission's caps on ancillary service charges. After seeking <span class=\"match\">public</span> comment, WCB and OEA issued an Order requiring each <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> calling services provider to submit, among other information, detailed information regarding its <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> calling services operations, costs, revenues, site commission payments, security"},{"title":"Global Tel*Link; Analysis of Proposed Consent Order To Aid Public Comment","type":"Notice","abstract":"The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices. The attached Analysis of Proposed Consent Order to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the complaint and the terms of the consent order--embodied in the consent agreement--that would settle these allegations.","document_number":"2023-25690","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/21/2023-25690/global-tellink-analysis-of-proposed-consent-order-to-aid-public-comment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-21/pdf/2023-25690.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-25690.pdf?1700488000","publication_date":"2023-11-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION","name":"Federal Trade Commission","id":192,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-trade-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/192","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-trade-commission"}],"excerpts":"FTC Act and other laws the Commission administers permit the collection of <span class=\"match\">public</span> comments to consider and use in this proceeding, as appropriate. The Commission will consider all timely and responsive <span class=\"match\">public</span> comments it receives on or before December 21, 2023. For information on the Commission's privacy policy, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see \n https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/privacy-policy. \n \n Analysis of Proposed Consent Order To Aid <span class=\"match\">Public</span> Comment \n \n The Federal Trade Commission (the “Commission”) has accepted,"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communications Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comment on the contours and specific requirements of the proposed 2023 Mandatory Data Collection for incarcerated people's communications services. The Commission has drafted proposed instructions, templates, and a certification form for the proposed 2023 Mandatory Data Collection. The Commission seeks comment on all aspects of these documents.","document_number":"2023-09502","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/05/03/2023-09502/incarcerated-peoples-communications-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-05-03/pdf/2023-09502.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-09502.pdf?1683031538","publication_date":"2023-05-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"including (1) “interconnected VoIP [Voice over internet Protocol] service,” (2) “non-interconnected VoIP service,” (3) “interoperable video conferencing service,” and (4) “any audio or video communications service used by <span class=\"match\">inmates</span> for the purpose of communicating with individuals outside the correctional <span class=\"match\">institution</span> where the <span class=\"match\">inmate</span> is held, regardless of technology used.” The Act also extends the Commission's ratemaking authority to intrastate as well as interstate and international IPCS.\n \n 9. WCB/OEA propose to require providers to allocate their"},{"title":"Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Education (Department) amends the regulations implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). The purpose of these amendments is to better align the Title IX regulatory requirements with Title IX's nondiscrimination mandate. These amendments clarify the scope and application of Title IX and the obligations of recipients of Federal financial assistance from the Department, including elementary schools, secondary schools, postsecondary institutions, and other recipients (referred to below as \"recipients\" or \"schools\") to provide an educational environment free from discrimination on the basis of sex, including through responding to incidents of sex discrimination. These final regulations will enable all recipients to meet their obligations to comply with Title IX while providing them with appropriate discretion and flexibility to account for variations in school size, student populations, and administrative structures.","document_number":"2024-07915","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/29/2024-07915/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex-in-education-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-29/pdf/2024-07915.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07915.pdf?1713530716","publication_date":"2024-04-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"and case law.\n \n Some commenters asserted that the proposed definition of “complainant” was too broad, including <span class=\"match\">because</span> it applies to all sex discrimination and not just sexual harassment; <span class=\"match\">because</span> former students and employees allegedly do not face barriers to education and thus fall outside the scope of Title IX; and <span class=\"match\">because</span> including such individuals allegedly would allow them to make a complaint decades after leaving the <span class=\"match\">institution</span>, including opportunistic complaints about conduct that was not prohibited at the time it occurred. Commenters asserted"},{"title":"Federal Tort Claims Act-Technical Changes","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) makes minor revisions to our regulations regarding the Federal Tort Claims Act that clarify requirements for presenting claims and correct obsolete and/or incorrect references to Bureau offices.","document_number":"2023-24384","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/07/2023-24384/federal-tort-claims-act-technical-changes","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-07/pdf/2023-24384.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-24384.pdf?1699278327","publication_date":"2023-11-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Prisons","name":"Prisons Bureau","id":437,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/prisons-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/437","parent_id":268,"slug":"prisons-bureau"}],"excerpts":"only as updated step-by-step guidance for how individuals, including current and former <span class=\"match\">inmates</span>, can present administrative tort claims. \n Cf. Paulsen \n v. \n Daniels, \n 413 F.3d 999 (9th Cir. 2005) (holding the Bureau violated the APA by issuing an interim rule that had “the effect . . . [of] deny[ing] program eligibility to certain categories of <span class=\"match\">inmates</span> . . .).\n \n This rulemaking is exempt from normal notice-and-comment procedures <span class=\"match\">because</span> advance notice and <span class=\"match\">public</span> comment in this instance are unnecessary. The change to this regulation is non-substantive"}]}