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The Ongoing Push to End Outrageous Prison Phone Charges

Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020

Filed under: Telephone Rates, State Legislation

The Ongoing Push to End Outrageous Prison Phone Charges by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Groups in several states are drawing increased attention to the high cost of jail and prison phone rates, and pushing to reduce or eliminate such charges. HRDC, the publisher of PLN, has been a …

Oregon Lawmakers Prohibit Prison and Jail Telephone Kickbacks

Article • March 3, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Oregon Lawmakers Prohibit Prison and Jail Telephone Kickbacks by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson This isn’t just an issue of economics,” said Oregon Senator Sara Gelser, the chief ...

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

Article • November 5, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019

Filed under: Telephones, Cell Phone Access

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 Detention ...

OR DOC Rates Sept 2019

Kickback publication • September 3, 2019

Filed under: Organizing, Advocacy, Prison Reform, Criminal justice system reform, Telephones, Telephone Rates

OR DOC Rates Sept 2019 9/3/2019 Department of Corrections : Telmate : Sending Money : State of Oregon (http://www.oregon.gov)   Sending Money Information for putting money on an inmate's books (/doc/sending-money/) (/doc/)  (/doc/Pages/default.aspx)  Sending Money (/doc/sending-money/Pages/home.aspx)  Telmate Site Navigation Telmate Using Telmate to Send Money With …

Innovation Law Lab, Et Al. v. Nielsen, Et Al., OR, Order, Denied Immigration Lawyers, 2018

Brief • June 25, 2018

Filed under: Appointment of Counsel, Attorney Client, Immigration, Telephone Access, Attorney Calls, Attorney Visits, Fifth Amendment

, to facilitate the attorney’s consultation with a detainee who does not speak English by calling a telephone-accessible interpreter or interpretation service. Attorney calls may not be monitored, after Defendants ...

Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Deaf Former Prisoner’s ADA Claims

Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Interpreters, Telephone Access

Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Deaf Former Prisoner’s ADA Claims by Jail officials “may not turn a blind eye to a deaf ear,” the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit fittingly declared in an August 31, 2017 ruling that reversed a summary judgment order in a lawsuit filed by …

Consensual Use of Another Prisoner’s Telephone PIN is Not Oregon ID Theft

Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017

Filed under: Telephone Access

Consensual Use of Another Prisoner’s Telephone PIN is Not Oregon ID Theft by The Oregon Court of Appeals held on August 17, 2016 that the consensual use of another prisoner’s ...

Oregon Rates May 2017

Kickback publication • May 10, 2017

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Oregon Rates May 2017 5/10/2017 DOC General Services Division Inmate Telephone System Faq's Yes, you can deposit trust funds for an inmate directly through Telmate. You can deposit any amount up ...

VanValkenburg v. Oregon Department of Corrections, OR, Amended Complaint, Hearing Disability Discrimination, 2015

Brief • March 18, 2015

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Education, Americans with Disabilities Act, Telephone Access

made no telephone access available to Mr. VanValkenburg. From the time he was at SRCI forward, defendant has made available TTY machines for deaf or hearing impaired inmates who wish to use the telephone ...

Reach Out and Defraud Someone: Oregon Jail Prisoners Commit Phone Scams

Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010

Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Reach Out and Defraud Someone: Oregon Jail Prisoners Commit Phone Scams by Mark Wilson A fifteen-minute collect call from the Multnomah County jail in Portland, Oregon costs $2.35, billed to the party who accepts the call. Between May 2006 and April 2009 those calls generated $3.5 million in revenue for …

Discipline Without Notice Violates Due Process; BOP Administrative Exhaustion May Be Excused

Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004

Filed under: Notice of Rules, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Habeas Corpus, Telephones, Telephone Access

for violation of a rule he had no notice of violates due process. Scott Seehausen, a BOP prisoner confined at FCI-Sheridan telephoned David Reyes-Espinosa, a former member of his prison softball team. Reyes ...

OR Contract with Qwest-VAC Amendments 2-4

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

2.1.2.1.1 of Appendix 2.1 is superseded in part by amended section 2.1.2.1.1, which is attached hereto. Amended section 2.1.2.1.1 describes the telephone stations equipment that Contractor will continue ...

OR Phone Rates 2007

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

OR Phone Rates 2007 Collect/Prepaid Phone Rates 4/01/07 All sites Local IntraLATA (Inside the LATA) GTL long distance Rate - All sites InterLATA / Intrastate (Portland LATA to Boise or Eugene LATA) InterLATA / Interstate (e.g. out of state) Setup fee $2.64* $1.85* Each Minute Setup fee $3.95* Each Minute …

OR Contract with Qwest -- Amendment 2 -- 2004

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

of Appendix 2.1 is superseded in part by amended section 2.1.2.1.1, which is attached hereto. Amended section 2.1.2.1.1 describes the telephone stations equipment that Contractor will continue to provide ...

OR Phone Kickbacks 2004-2008

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

OR Phone Kickbacks 2004-2008 Oregon Department of Corrections Inmate Phone Revenue. ODOC receives $3,000,000 per year commission from the contractor. In addition, starting in 2004, ODOC receives a percentage of gross revenues in excess of $6,000,000 per year. This is figured at 50% of collect revenue and 60% of Debit …

Final 2012 Oregon Inmate Phone Commission Data

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Final 2012 Oregon Inmate Phone Commission Data

OR Phone Rates 2012

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OR Phone Rates 2012

OR Phone Kickbacks 2009-2012

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Filed under: Telephones

OR Phone Kickbacks 2009-2012

OR Contract with US West 2000

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

for telephone services for all Pay Phones located on facilities owned or operated by State and all Inmate Phones located at facilities operated by the Oregon Department of Corrections (prison and Correctional ...

OR Phone Rates 2010

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

OR Phone Rates 2010 Oregon DOC, OR Collect Local IntraLATA IntraState Interstate V-Connect Local IntraLATA IntraState Interstate Debit Local Intra LATA IntraState Interstate Service Charge 2.64 1.85 3.95 3.95 Service Charge 2.64 1.85 3.95 3.95 Service Charge 1.75 1.46 2.35 2.35 Per Minute Charge Day Evening Night 0.00 0.11 0.69 …