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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

October: HRDC joins application to file amicus brief in re county inmate telephone services case in CA, HRDC files joint amicus brief

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

COVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Unrest in Prisons Around the Globe

Loaded on July 1, 2020 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News July, 2020, page 20
Filed under: COVID-19, Telephone Access, Visiting. Locations: Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Italy, Sri Lanka, Peru, Venezuela.

by Matt Clarke

The COVID-19 pandemic, or rather government officials’ inept reaction to the pandemic, has led to unrest in prisons around the world—especially in South America and the Middle East. This has resulted in the escape of hundreds and the death of dozens of prisoners.

The typical initial response ...

California Court of Appeal Upholds Dismissal of Challenge to Excessive Jail Phone Rates as Unconstitutional Tax

Loaded on July 1, 2020 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News July, 2020, page 52
Filed under: Telephone Rates. Location: California.

by Matt Clarke

On April 28, 2020, a California court of appeal affirmed the judgment of a lower court sustaining the demurrer of nine counties that were sued by jail prisoners and their families as a challenge to excessive jail phone rates as an unconstitutional tax under Proposition 26.

The ...

Company Hawking Prison Phone Monitoring Technology as Way to Discover Coronavirus Infections

Loaded on June 1, 2020 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News June, 2020, page 11
Filed under: COVID-19, Telephone Monitoring. Location: California.

by Matt Clarke

A Los Angeles-based company has been selling to jails and prison systems phone-monitoring technology that searches for keywords, touting it as a way to discover COVID-19 infections early.

LEO Technologies developed the Verus system, which has already been deployed in at least 26 facilities in 11 states, ...

Prison Officials Limit Prisoner Communications During COVID-19 Crisis

Loaded on June 1, 2020 by Derek Gilna published in Prison Legal News June, 2020, page 36
Filed under: Telephone Access, Video Visitation. Location: California.

by Derek Gilna

Prisoners struggling to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic — often without masks, sufficient cleaning supplies or the ability to social distance — are crying for help to the outside world by any means possible. Some prison authorities have responded by cutting off their access to phones and ...

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