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Telmate: call rates and kickbacks

Telmate currently provides telephone services in 2 states:

StatePays kickbacksKickback amount in 2016Cost of 15 min callState rank for affordability
Montana no None $2.040000 Noneth
Oregon yes $3,000,000.000000 $2.400000 35th

Primary Source Contracts

Indiana

Idaho

Washington

Montana

Oregon

Montana

 Prison Phone Justice Articles and Documents

 2019

April: HRDC press release on Securus/ICSolutions merger

2017

August: HRDC accuses FCC chairman of having conflict of interest

2016

April: PLN criticizes non-disclosure of Securus employee at FCC hearing on cell phones

January: HRDC's FCC comment mentioned regarding price gouging prisoners' families, Comment regarding prison reforms, HRDC's letter to the FCC mentioned regarding VA DOC's phone rate reduction

2015

October: FCC reforms applauded by HRDC's Campaign for Prison Phone Justice, HRDC's FCC comment on corruption in prison phone industry profiled

January: HRDC's FCC comments mentioned in article on video visitation

2014

November: PLN mentioned in article about FCC action on prison phone rates

October: FCC Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

September: HRDC comment to FCC regarding WA phone rates, FCC Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

January: HRDC response to PayTel comments, HRDC response to FCC caps on prison phone calls

2013:

December: Prison Legal News cover story on the prison phone industry, HRDC comment to FCC on Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

September: PLN/HRDC mentioned in article on FCC prison phone order

April: HRDC reply comment to FCC on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

March: HRDC comment to FCC on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

January: PLN's research on prison phone rates cited in article on FCC hearing

2012

December: FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

October: HRDC response to Global Tel comments 

2011

April: Prison Legal News cover story on the prison phone industry

2007

ApriL: HRDC initial comment to FCC 

 

 

 PLN Coverage of Prison Phone Justice

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 ...

Imagine Pleading Guilty Because You Can’t Afford to Call Your Lawyer

Loaded on July 2, 2019 by Victoria Law published in Prison Legal News July, 2019, page 18
Filed under: Attorneys, Telephones, Telephone Rates, Attorney Calls. Location: United States of America.

by Victoria Law, Truthout

Imagine paying $20.12 for a 15-minute phone call. That’s how much a call from the Jennings Adult Correctional Facility in Missouri costs.

In 2013, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) set rate caps on interstate calls from jails, prisons and detention facilities. Now, interstate debit or ...

Major Prison Telecom Merger Canceled; Victory for Campaign for Prison Phone Justice!

Loaded on May 3, 2019 published in Prison Legal News May, 2019, page 58
Filed under: Private Prisons, Telephones, Telephone Rates. Location: United States of America.

The prison phone industry, which provides telecom services for prisons, jails and other detention facilities, has a long and sordid history of exploiting prisoners and their families by charging exorbitant phone rates and fees. [See: PLN, Dec. 2013, p.1; April 2011, p.1]. Over the past decade the industry ...

Prison Policy Initiative Issues Report on State of Prison Phone Justice

Loaded on May 3, 2019 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News May, 2019, page 54
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Attorney Calls. Location: United States of America.

by Matt Clarke 

On February 11, 2019, the non-profit Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) issued a report on the “State of Phone Justice,” noting progress on reducing state prison phone rates but fewer reforms in local jails, where high rates and fees persist.

Since the Federal Communications Commission ...

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