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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that the costs of phone and video calls for incarcerated individuals will be significantly reduced under a new rule passed on Thursday.

In an announcement, the FCC confirmed that it voted to end “exorbitant phone and video call rates that have burdened incarcerated people and their families for decades.”

According to the FCC, the cost of a 15-minute phone call will drop to $0.90 from as much as $11.35 in large jails. In small jails, the price will drop to $1.35 from $12.10. Additionally, the FCC will impose a per-minute rate cap on video calls to further reduce costs.

This FCC vote follows the enactment of a law signed by President Biden last year, which granted the agency authority to regulate call rates at correctional facilities. Previous attempts by the FCC to set such limits were thwarted by court rulings, which restricted the agency’s ability to regulate intrastate call rates.