VT DOC PCS Commissions 2016-2017

In 2012, Emmanuel Diaz found himself in the custody of the New York City Department of Correction (DOC). While housed at the Rikers Island jail complex on multiple counts of burglary and robbery, he made nearly 1,100 phone calls. During some of the calls he made ...

Oregon Prisoner’s Use of Another Prisoner’s Phone PIN Constitutes Identity Theft

Loaded on Nov. 5, 2019 by Mark Wilson published in Prison Legal News November, 2019, page 30

Filed under: Telephones, Cell Phone Access. Location: Oregon.

by Mark Wilson

The Oregon Court of Appeals held on March 13, 2019 that a prisoner was guilty of the crime of identity theft because he used the personal identification numbers (PINs) of two other prisoners to access a jail telephone.

Michael Steven Connolly was confined at the Multnomah County ...

San Francisco to Cut Costs for Jail Phone Calls, Commissary Sales

Loaded on Oct. 4, 2019 by Edward Lyon published in Prison Legal News October, 2019, page 16

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates. Location: California.

by Ed Lyon

San Francisco, California mayor London N. Breed has unique views regarding people who have become caught up in the criminal justice system. Her views extend to the families of prisoners and pretrial detainees, too.

Breed, unlike many U.S. politicians, grew up in public housing. Further, her ...

Illinois Prison Phone Rates are Lowest Following Grassroots Activism

Loaded on Aug. 6, 2019 by Brian Dolinar published in Prison Legal News August, 2019, page 16

Filed under: Organizing, Lobbying, Protests, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates. Location: Illinois.

by Brian Dolinar, Truthout

“There were a lot of times my sons tried calling me,” recalled Annette Taylor, who regularly receives calls from her two sons in prison, “but there was no money on the account.” Those were some of the “hardest calls,” she said. “I ...