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Video Visitation: How Private Companies Push for Visits by Video, Grassroots Leadership, 2014

Publication • October 1, 2014

Filed under: Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Visiting

County received $1.6 million from Securus as pre-paid commissions in October 2007 from its telephone contract, and the County is paid 23 percent of all gross revenue that Securus received from its ...

FCC Consumer Guide to Inmate Telephone Services and Revised Rules 2014

Publication • 2014

Filed under: Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

FCC Consumer Guide to Inmate Telephone Services and Revised Rules 2014 Consumer Guide Inmate Telephone Service Background FCC rules that significantly reformed interstate Inmate Calling Service (ICS ...

Lyon v. ICE, CA, Order Granting Class Cert., ICE Phone Restrictions, 2014

Brief • April 16, 2014

Filed under: Immigration, Telephone Access

with telephone access at the 8 detention facilities. For example: 9 • A call can be completed “only if a live person answers the telephone and accepts the call.” 10 Compl. ¶ 43. This means that detainees ...

Lowering Recidivism through Family Communication

Article • April 15, 2014 • from PLN April, 2014

Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Mail Regulations, Visiting

Lowering Recidivism through Family Communication by Alex Friedmann There are currently 2.2 million people held in prisons and jails in the United States,1 and an estimated 95% of prisoners currently in custody will one day be released. Based on 2012 data, around 637,400 people are released annually from state and …

FCC Order Heralds Hope for Reform of Prison Phone Industry

Article • December 15, 2013 • from PLN December, 2013

Filed under: Immigration, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Telephone Monitoring, Cell Phone Access

facilitates the reintegration of inmates into society upon release from prison," the report said. "In contrast, reducing inmate telephone rates could also have some disadvantages....With fewer profits, BOP ...

CDCR to Block Contraband Cell Phone Signals at all Facilities

Article • October 15, 2013 • from PLN October, 2013

Filed under: Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Cell Phone Access, Guards/Staff, Guard Unions

CDCR to Block Contraband Cell Phone Signals at all Facilities by The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has awarded a six-year system-wide telephone contract ...

Second Affidavit of Douglas Dawson Petition, MA, Recepient of Collect Calls from Prisoners, Mass Dept of Telecommunications, 2013

Brief • October 11, 2013

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

. CCG is a general telephone consulting firm that works for competitive local exchange companies (CLECs), local telephone companies, cable TV providers, electric companies, wireless providers, wireless ...

Declaratory Ruling and Order Denying Securus Petition to Allow Call Blocking FCC 2013

Publication • September 26, 2013

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access

telephones, the provision of inmate telephone service in correctional institutions, and any ancillary services.” 47 U.S.C. § 276(d). 5 See Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, WC Docket No. 12-375 ...

Washington DOC - JPay Amendment #3 2013-2014

Kickback publication • 2013

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

Washington DOC - JPay Amendment #3 2013-2014 State of Washington Department of Corrections Contract No. K8262 Amendment No. 3 This Amendment is made by the state of Washington, Department of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as Department, and JPay, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, for the purpose of amending …

Abuse in Los Angeles Jails Leads to Investigations, Lawsuits and Eventual Reforms

Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Retaliation against Staff, Conditions of Confinement, Overcrowding, Exercise, Clothing, Jail Specific, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Telephone Access

that ordered the county to improve jail conditions – including overcrowding, inadequate exercise, and lack of clean clothing and telephone access. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) had initially ...

Historic $45 Million Settlement in Washington State Prison Phone Class-action Suit

Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

prisoners during the same time period; however, those claims were dismissed by the court under the filed tariff doctrine. In 1988, the Washington legislature determined that the provision of telephone ...

Transportatoin to Court for Hearings Affecting Prisoners Parental Rights, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, 2013

Publication • January 1, 2013

Filed under: Telephone Access, Video Visitation, Children of Prisoners

. Cal. Rule of Court section 5.530(f)(2). prison has the ability to provide a telephone or videoconference appearance, or not. Form JV-450 asks the parent to fill out form JV-451. Form JV 451 is called ...

Organizations Submit Letters to FCC Urging Action on Prison Phone Rates

Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

industry and highlighted the “commission” kickback system that drives up the cost of prison telephone calls in most states. According to HRDC’s letter, some consumers pay more than $17.00 for a 15-minute ...

GAO Report Examines Contraband Cell Phone Use in BOP Facilities

Article • December 15, 2012 • from PLN December, 2012

Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Statistics/Trends, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Cell Phone Access

time creates for alternative means of contact with friends and family, such as cell phones. If, in fact, the BOP’s goal in providing telephone services to prisoners is to “facilitate their contact ...

$2,500 Settlement in Illinois Prisoner’s Telephone Disconnect Suit – After Nine Years

Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

$2,500 Settlement in Illinois Prisoner’s Telephone Disconnect Suit – After Nine Years by An Illinois prisoner has accepted $2,500 to settle a lawsuit against Ameritech, in which he accused ...

Texas Court Orders TDCJ to Provide Hearing Impaired Telecommunications

Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Telephones, Telephone Access

Texas Court Orders TDCJ to Provide Hearing Impaired Telecommunications by On April 5, 2011, a Texas state court issued a temporary injunction ordering the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to provide telecommunications to hearing impaired prisoners using the Texas Relay Service (TRS). Leslie Arrington, Janet Lock, Kathy Williams and …

Texas Prison System Increases Prisoners’ Monthly Phone Minutes

Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Texas Prison System Increases Prisoners’ Monthly Phone Minutes by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In 2007, when Texas became the last state in the nation to let prisoners make phone calls on a regular basis, the limit on phone usage was 120 minutes a month. [See: PLN, Nov. 2007, p.11]. …

Washington DOC - JPay Amendment #2 2012-2013

Kickback publication • 2012

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

Washington DOC - JPay Amendment #2 2012-2013 State of Washington Department of Corrections Contract No. K8262 Amendment No. 2 This Amendment is made by the state of Washington, Department of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as Department, and JPay, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, for the purpose of amending …

Eighth Circuit Affirms No First Amendment Right to Lower Prison Phone Rates

Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Breault filed a civil rights action in federal court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that excessive contractual kickbacks resulted in high telephone rates for prisoners in the Arkansas Department ...

Court Finds Pennsylvania Jail’s Phone Bidding Process was Rigged; Contract Awarded to Another Company

Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Court Finds Pennsylvania Jail’s Phone Bidding Process was Rigged; Contract Awarded to Another Company by The bidding process used to select the telephone contractor for Pennsylvania’s ...