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Illinois Kickbacks as of FY2015

Kickback publication • April 26, 2017

Filed under: Telephones

Code 1737 encapsulates IDOC's share of the inmate phone contract. Please note t Fiscal Year 2012 REVENUE_JUL_2011 $ 18,960.00 REV_SRC PRIVATE ORGANIZA OR INDIV $ $ 18,960.00 TELEPHONE COMMISSIONS ...

Chicago PD police spying stingray use IMSI Freddy Martinez, of Lucy Parsons Labs

Publication • December 30, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Police Searches, Electronic Monitoring, Telephone Monitoring, Police

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How Chicago Police Convinced Courts to Let Them Track Cellphones Without a Warrant

Article • November 22, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Police Searches, Telephones, Telephone Monitoring, Police, Arrest Warrants

in the form of a digital analyzer.” In identical footnotes in each case, a digital analyzer is depicted as nothing more than a simple antenna that detects “signals emitted by the target telephone ...

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 ...

Family Connections Bill Signed into Law in Illinois

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

Filed under: Release and Reentry, Telephones, Telephone Rates, Family

Family Connections Bill Signed into Law in Illinois by Carrie Wilkinson Illinois Governor Bruce V. Rauner signed HB 6200, the Family Connections Bill, into law on August 22, 2016. Under the provisions of that legislation, domestic prison phone rates within the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) and Department of Juvenile …

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 …

IL DOC ICS rates confirmed July 2016

Kickback publication • July 7, 2016

Filed under: Telephone Rates

IL DOC ICS rates confirmed July 2016 Securus - Rate Quote 1 of 2 https://securustech.net/call-rate-calculator (https://securustech.net/call-rate-calculator?p_p_auth=Q4jIdSnO&p_p_id=49&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view& _49_struts_action=%2Fmy_sites%2Fview&_49_groupId=104052&_49_privateLayout=false) Password Email Address Log in to Securus Online: Type your email address Log In | Enroll Now Friends and Family (https://securustech.net (https://securustech.net Remember Me /web/securus/enroll) /f i d ) (htt // Correctional Staff …

Another Kind of Isolation - The Bureau of Prisons tightens the rules at its secretive “Communication Management Units.”

Article • September 16, 2015

Filed under: Telephone Access, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

Another Kind of Isolation - The Bureau of Prisons tightens the rules at its secretive “Communication Management Units.” by Christie Thompson Another Kind of Isolation The Bureau of Prisons tightens the rules at its secretive “Communication Management Units.” By Christie Thompson In 2006 and 2008, the Bureau of Prisons quietly …

PLN v. IDOC, IL, Complaint, FOIA, 2015

Filing • July 27, 2015

Filed under: Telephone Rates, Public Records Act

NEWS Address: 312N MAY 100 City/State/Zip: CHICAGO, IL 60607 Telephone: (312) 243-5900 DOROTHY BROWN, CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS Pro Se ELECTRONICALLY FILED 7/27/2015 8:30 AM ...

PLN v. IDOC, IL, Complaint, FOIA, 2015

Brief • July 27, 2015

Filed under: Telephone Rates, Public Records Act

: CHICAGO, IL 60607 Telephone: (312) 243-5900 DOROTHY BROWN, CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS Pro Se ELECTRONICALLY FILED 7/27/2015 8:30 AM 2015-CH-11292 CALENDAR: 16 PAGE 1 of 14 CIRCUIT ...

Cook County, Illinois Lowers Jail Phone Rates

Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

. 1999, p.10; June 2000, p.19; Feb. 2001, p.19; May 2002, p.12]. For another recent victory for lower prison phone rates, see the article on reduced telephone rates for Louisiana prisoners in this issue ...

$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 ...

Illinois Court of Appeals: Prisoner Has Standing to Sue Ameritech for Fraud

Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009

Filed under: Standing, Telephones, Telephone Rates

Illinois Court of Appeals: Prisoner Has Standing to Sue Ameritech for Fraud by On July 1, 2008, an Illinois Court of Appeals held that a prisoner had standing to bring a claim against Ameritech for consumer fraud. Johnnie Flournoy, an Illinois state prisoner at the Joliet Correctional Center, filed suit …

Right to Consult, Hire Counsel Well Established and Constitutionally Protected

Article • August 15, 2008

Filed under: Attorney Client, Attorney Calls, Qualified Immunity, Mail, Legal Mail, Attorney Visits

Right to Consult, Hire Counsel Well Established and Constitutionally Protected by At 953-54: The right to hire and consult an attorney is protected by the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech, association and petition. ... It has long been recognized that the First Amendment prohibits the state from interfering …

Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Race/Exposure Claims

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Furloughs, Racial Discrimination, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Court Access, Telephone Access

for failure to state a claim, of Flournoy's race-based denial of telephone and visiting claims. The court found that dismissal was precipitous because officials may not deny prisoners privileges based on race ...

$163,900 Settlement in Illegal Shackling of Chicago Jail Prisoner

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Excessive Force, Restraints, Telephone Access

and $6,500, respectively under the settlement. The prisoners were handcuffed to beds at the Cook County Hospital, which prevented them from going to court, using the telephone, writing and reading ...

Illinois Appeals Court Reinstates Prisoner's Telephone Disconnect Suit

Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004

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

Illinois Appeals Court Reinstates Prisoner's Telephone Disconnect Suit by The Illinois Court of Appeals for the Third District reinstated a prisoner's lawsuit against Ameritech over ...

Scandal-Ridden, Bankrupt MCI WorldCom Wins No-Bid California Prisoner Phone Contract

Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003

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

by the California Department of General Services to MCI WorldCom, a telephone conglomerate whose recent bankruptcy exposed the largest accounting fraud in US business history - $11 billion. The non-competitive award ...

High Cost of Prison Telephone Calls Goes to Illinois State Court

Article • May 15, 2002 • from PLN May, 2002

Filed under: Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Civil Procedure, State Law Claims, Standing, Telephone Rates, Qualified Immunity

High Cost of Prison Telephone Calls Goes to Illinois State Court by In a characteristically colorful opinion from Judge Richard Posner, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ...

No Qualified Immunity for Shackling Prisoner to Hospital Bed

Article • February 15, 2002 • from PLN February, 2002

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Jail Specific, Reading Materials, Attorney Client, Restraints, Court Appearances, Complaints, Appeals, Americans with Disabilities Act, Telephone Access, Qualified Immunity

prisoners access to attorneys, visitors, legal materials, telephones, typewriters, computers, magazines, and recreational activities. The policy also banned personnel from bringing hospital prisoners ...