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Solidarity in Action, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, 2017

Publication • January 1, 2017

Filed under: Telephone Access, Visiting, Extended Family Visiting

need to communicate mostly via outdated telephones, or you may have to speak loudly through holes in the Plexiglas. Be aware of any concerns 12 you or the person you are visiting may have with hearing ...

Centurylink v. FCC, DC, Petition for Review of FCC Order In re Interstate ICS Rates, 2016

Brief • November 10, 2016

Filed under: Federal Statutory Law, Telephones, Telephone Access

(incorporating relevant comments, reply comments, and ex pane filings from the prior ICS docket, CC Docket No. 96-128, into WC Docket No. 12-3 75); Implementation of the Pay Telephone Reclassjjlcation ...

Securus v. FCC, DC, Opp. to Motion for Stay, ICS Rates, 2016

Brief • October 13, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, First Amendment, rights

...............................................................................................8, 9 ADMINISTRATIVE MATERIALS Implementation of the Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, 17 FCC Rcd 21274 (2002 ...

GTL v FCC, DC, Pet Intervenors Brief, Inmate Calling Services, 2016

Brief • September 29, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

a strong correlation between weakened prisoner bonds with their community and family, and the likelihood that they would re-offend,3 the Federal Bureau of Prisons sought to expand inmate telephone access ...

Global Tel Link v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, DC, Amicus Brief by The "Wright Petitioners," Telephone Contact During Incarceration, 2016

Brief • September 29, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

a strong correlation between weakened prisoner bonds with their community and family, and the likelihood that they would re-offend,3 the Federal Bureau of Prisons sought to expand inmate telephone access ...

Global Tel Link v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, DC, Amicus Brief for Respondents, Telephone Contact During Incarceration, 2016

Brief • September 29, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Global Tel Link v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, DC, Amicus Brief for Respondents, Telephone Contact During Incarceration, 2016 USCA Case #15-1461 Document #1638381 ...

Kaelin v. Riverside County, CA, Class Action Complaint - Jail Phone Systems, 2016

Brief • September 28, 2016

Filed under: Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, First Amendment, rights

Kaelin v. Riverside County, CA, Class Action Complaint - Jail Phone Systems, 2016

Global Tel Link v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, DC, Amicus Brief of Santa Clara and San Francisco Counties, Telephone Contact During Incarceration, 2016

Brief • September 28, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Global Tel Link v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, DC, Amicus Brief of Santa Clara and San Francisco Counties, Telephone Contact During Incarceration, 2016 USCA Case ...

No Way to Call Home: Incarcerated Deaf People Are Locked in a Prison Inside a Prison

Article • September 22, 2016

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Disabled Prisoners, Americans with Disabilities Act, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Video Visitation, Family

for the receiver on the other end. For many in the deaf community, VRS is a part of everyday life, just like a landline telephone, but the service is not available at the Jefferson Parish Prison and most jails ...

Global Tel Link v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, DC, Amicus Brief for States of MN, IL, MA, NM, NY, WA, and DC, Telephone Contact During Incarceration, 2016

Brief • September 19, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Family

. ................................................................. 8 C. The FCC’s Order Also Supports Improved Outcomes For Offenders’ Families And Children. ..................................................... 11 IMPLEMENTATION OF REASONABLE TELEPHONE RATES ...

Dunn v. Dunn, AL, Consent Decree, ADA Compliance, 2016

Brief • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Americans with Disabilities Act, Telephone Access, Mental Health, Mental Retardation/Intellectual Disability

and Services: Refers to qualified interpreters, note takers, transcription services, written materials, telephone handset amplifiers, assistive listening systems, telephones compatible with hearing aids, closed ...

Dunn v. Dunn, AL, Final Settlement Approval, ADA Compliance, 2016

Brief • September 9, 2016

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Americans with Disabilities Act, Telephone Access, Mental Health, Mental Retardation/Intellectual Disability

Dunn v. Dunn, AL, Final Settlement Approval, ADA Compliance, 2016 Case 2:14-cv-00601-MHT-TFM Document 727 Filed 09/09/16 Page 1 of 116 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION JOSHUA DUNN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JEFFERSON S. DUNN, in his official capacity as …

Massachusetts Prisoners Involved in Reform Efforts Transferred, Held in Solitary

Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016

Filed under: Transfers, Retaliatory Transfers, Retaliation for Organizing, Retaliatory Segregation, Telephone Access, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Visiting

Massachusetts Prisoners Involved in Reform Efforts Transferred, Held in Solitary by Christopher Zoukis Three Massachusetts state prisoners have been placed in segregation in apparent retaliation for their prison reform activism. Timothy Muise, Shawn Fisher and Steven James, all incarcerated at the medium-security prison MCI Shirley, were taken from their cells …

HRDC Letter to Fisch, American Securities, Re Global TelLink and Human Rights Watch, 2015

Publication • September 1, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

it is committed to fulfilling “its responsibilities with the highest level of integrity and ethics,” we submit it is inherently unethical to gouge prisoners’ families through exorbitant telephone rates and monopoly ...

In Person and Video Visiting, Urbana Champaign Independent Media, 2016

Publication • August 23, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Video Visitation, Family

In Person and Video Visiting, Urbana Champaign Independent Media, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2016 FOR MORE INFORMATION: Brian Dolinar, Program Director, Independent Media Center 217-621-5827, briandolinar@ucimc.org Michelle Jett, State Rep. Carol Ammons 217-531-1660, michelle@staterepcarolammons.com Urbana, IL - In-person contact visits are now legally guaranteed in Illinois prisons, setting …

Oseguenda v. Stanislaus County Public Safety Center, CA, Complaint and Demand for Trial, Due Process, Pretrial Detainees. 2016

Brief • August 16, 2016

Filed under: Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Exercise, Education, Telephone Access, Mental Health, Fourth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment

CONDEMNATION NOTE: LAND CONDEMNATIONCASES, CASES,USE USETHE THELOCATION LOCATION OF THE TRACT OF LAND !NVOL VED. INVOLVED. Name, Address, and (C) Attorneys (c) Attorneys (Firm Name, and Telephone Number ...

Sheriff Letter to Board of Supervisors re inmate telephone system, LASD, 2016

Publication • August 12, 2016

Filed under: Jail Specific, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

. FOR INMATE TELEPHONE SYSTEM (ITS) AND SERVICES Call services, excluding the Ancillary Service Charges and FCCpermissible Taxes and regulatory fees listed in Exhibit C (Telephone Rates and Payment Schedule ...

Canada: Phone Access Vital for Incarcerated Mothers

Article • August 10, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Mothers in Prison, Children of Prisoners

Canada: Phone Access Vital for Incarcerated Mothers by The Elizabeth Fry Society of Saskatchewan hosted an event on May 11, 2016 that coincided with Mother’s Day to raise awareness about women impacted by the criminal justice system and to highlight the fact that most incarcerated women are mothers and were …

Prison Phone Policy, MN DOC, 2008

Publication • August 9, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Attorney Calls

and adopted), parents and siblings (birth, step, adopted and half). Attorney calls - offender calls to verified attorneys. Telephone monitoring - the electronic tracking, recording, and listening to of offender ...

Kaelin v. County of Riverside, CA, Consolidated Opp to MTD - Inmate Phone Systems, 2016

Brief • August 8, 2016

Filed under: Tax Law, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Mail, First Amendment, rights

THE IMPOSITION OF THE UNLAWFUL TAX UNCONSTITUTIONALLY BURDENS PLAINTIFFS’ FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH In contrast to Defendants’ contentions, inmates do “have a First Amendment right to telephone access ...