---
date: '2017-08-10'
title: 'Ajit Pai accused of conflict for helping former client'
description: "A prisoners' rights group has accused Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai of having a conflict of interest because he used to represent a prison phone company as a lawyer."
tags: ['politics']
---

**[Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/?p=1145545)**

> A prisoners' rights group has accused Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai of having a conflict of interest because he used to represent a prison phone company as a lawyer.<!-- excerpt -->

> Under Pai's direction, the FCC dropped its court defense of rules capping the intrastate phone rates charged to prisoners. The decision helped prison phone companies—including Pai's former client, Securus Technologies—continue to charge high prices.

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