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New York City - Agreement for Installation, Configuration, and Maintenance of an Inmate Telephone System

Publication • May 9, 2019

Filed under: Telephone Rates

New York City - Agreement for Installation, Configuration, and Maintenance of an Inmate Telephone System ...

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

Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019

Filed under: Private Prisons, Telephones, Telephone Rates

industry, but more needs to be done when just two companies, Securus and Global Tel*Link, control around 80% of the detention facility telephone lines,” said HRDC executive director Paul Wright. &ldquo ...

Prison Policy Initiative Issues Report on State of Prison Phone Justice

Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019

Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Attorney Calls

Prison Policy Initiative Issues Report on State of Prison Phone Justice by Matthew Clarke 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, …

Cell Phones Sold in Commissary at South Carolina Jail

Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019

Filed under: Commissary, Cell Phone Access

Cell Phones Sold in Commissary at South Carolina Jail by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer There is a surprising item for sale in the commissary at the Union County Jail in South Carolina: cell phones. The $100 phones can be used to text and make calls between the hours of …

Benson v. Meisner, WI, Settlement, Revealing Prison Informant, 2019

Brief • May 1, 2019

Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Eighth Amendment, Prisoner Privileges, Telephone Access, Failure to Protect (Staff), First Amendment, rights

Benson v. Meisner, WI, Settlement, Revealing Prison Informant, 2019

NACDL Fourth Amendment Center Compelled Decryption Primer, 2019

Publication • April 30, 2019

Filed under: Cell Searches, Search warrants, Immigration, Cell Phone Access, Fourth Amendment, rights, Fifth Amendment

NACDL Fourth Amendment Center Compelled Decryption Primer, 2019 Reprinted With Permission from the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2019. To download the original PDF of this primer, please visit www.nacdl.org/fourthamendment Compelled Decryption Primer The Supreme Court recognized in Riley v. California that cell phones The majority of Americans now …

Federal Circuit Upholds BOP Guard’s Termination Despite 1,265-Day Delay

Article • April 22, 2019

Filed under: Telephones, Guards/Staff, Employee Litigation, Guard Unions, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Federal Circuit Upholds BOP Guard’s Termination Despite 1,265-Day Delay by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the termination of a federal prison guard, finding that he waived any claim of prejudice from a 1,265-day delay between commencement of the investigation …

Lawsuit Challenging Phone Kickbacks at Massachusetts Jail Survives Motion to Dismiss

Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019

Filed under: Telephone Rates

Lawsuit Challenging Phone Kickbacks at Massachusetts Jail Survives Motion to Dismiss by In December 2018, a Massachusetts federal district court refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the cost of phone calls made by prisoners at the Bristol County House of Correction (BCHC). [See: PLN, Sept. 2018, p.36]. Before the court …

Securus Files Suit Alleging FDOC Improperly Entered into Prison Phone Contract

Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019

Filed under: Private Contractors, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

be conducive to obtaining the $150 million in value-added services the department has attempted to obtain through the inmate telephone contract, such increases do not assist with – and actually thwart ...

SD DOC - GTL Contract Extension Mar 15 2019

Kickback publication • March 15, 2019

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

for monitoring and playback of inmate calls. ICMv has additional features, such as Security Threat Group classification, Voice Biometrics, and an extensive list of reporting capabilities. The telephone rate ...

New York City No Charge Phone Calls

Kickback publication • March 13, 2019

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access

York, in relation to the provision of telephone services to individuals in custody in city correctional facilities Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 9 ...

Free Phone Calls for Juvenile Offenders Jailed in Memphis, Tennessee

Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Juveniles

Free Phone Calls for Juvenile Offenders Jailed in Memphis, Tennessee by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin Bliss In November 2018, Shelby County, Tennessee – which includes the City of Memphis – renegotiated its contract with Global Tel*Link (GTL), the phone service provider for around 5,000 prisoners at the county’s four …

Maine DOC - Legacy Inmate communications 2017-2022 rates

Kickback publication • March 4, 2019

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

AMOUNT: The "per minute" Call Rates and Commission Rates under this Agreement are delineated as follows: Telephone Call Rate Inter national Rate Commission Rate Video Visitation Remote Visitation Rate ...

Maine DOC - Legacy Inmate communications 2017-2022 contract

Kickback publication • March 4, 2019

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Monitoring

standard telephones in lieu of their Bridge Communication Devices (BCDs), with the exception of two BCD units being installed at MCC for the piloting of video visitation services. When/ifMDOC decides ...

National Consumer Law Center - Commercialized (In)Justice - Consumer Abuses in the Bail And Corrections Industry, 2019

Publication • March 1, 2019

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), JPay, Inc., Private Contractors, Electronic Monitoring, Release and Reentry, Bail Bonds, Commissary, Telephone Rates, Mental Health, Visiting, Video Visitation, Staff Training

National Consumer Law Center - Commercialized (In)Justice - Consumer Abuses in the Bail And Corrections Industry, 2019 COMMERCIALIZED (IN)JUSTICE CONSUMER ABUSES IN THE BAIL AND CORRECTIONS INDUSTRY NCLC® March 2019 NATIONAL CONSUMER LAW CENTER ® © Copyright 2019, National Consumer Law Center, Inc. All rights reserved. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Brian …

Colorado DOC no commissions

Kickback publication • February 27, 2019

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Colorado DOC no commissions 2/27/2019 § 17-42-103. Policies concerning inmates' use of telephones - excessive rates prohibited :: 2016 Colorado Revised Statutes :: US Codes and Statut… View ...

AR Union County - CTC contract 2011

Kickback publication • February 20, 2019

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Monitoring

that it is the manager of the Union County Jail, located at 250 American Road, El Dorado, Arkansas 71730, and that said location requires inmate and pay telephone communication services, and that said communications ...

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

Article • February 19, 2019

Filed under: Jail Specific, Money/Property, Telephone Rates, First Amendment, rights

Imagine Pleading Guilty Because You Can’t Afford to Call Your Lawyer by Victoria Law 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 price caps …

Texas Prison System Cuts Phone Rates Over 75 Percent; Rates Drop in Other States, Too

Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019

Filed under: Telephone Rates

for attorney calls, and collected almost $1.5 million a year in “commission” kickbacks. The new law requires the state’s Jail Standards Board to establish criteria to prohibit such excessive ...

Securus v. FDOC, FL, Complaint, Phone Justice, 2019

Brief • January 29, 2019

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, DOC/BOP misconduct, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

of Corrections improperly subverted its inmate-telephone-contract procurement—which had a published goal of reducing recidivism rates by lowering inmate phonecall charges to promote inmate contact with family ...