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Washington State Regulatory Agency Finds AT&T Failed to Disclose Prison Collect Call Rates

Article • August 15, 2011 • from PLN August, 2011

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Disclosure of Records, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

is significant because it indicates that AT&T may be held liable for abusive practices associated with the provision of telephone services at Washington State prisons. As reported in PLN’s April 2011 cover story ...

Washington Commission Finds AT&T is Prison Collect Call Provider

Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

); and CenturyTel Telephone Utilities, Inc. (CenturyTel), in the Superior Court of Washington for King County. Plaintiffs alleged that between June 1996 and December 31, 2000, they received collect calls from ...

Army Prisoners Isolated, Denied Right to Legal Counsel

Article • February 15, 2010 • from PLN February, 2010

Filed under: Political Prisoners, Attorney Client, Telephones, Telephone Access, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring, Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, Legal Mail, Attorney Visits, PLN Litigation, Access to Media, Censorship, Military Law, Military Prisons

the entire time, which obviously negates any compliance with attorney-client privilege. And presumably the phone call was taped (all of the other brigs have special rooms for attorney calls, that have phone ...

Washington Prisoner’s Privacy Rights Not Violated by Recording Jail Phone Calls

Article • December 15, 2009

Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Telephone Monitoring

Washington Prisoner’s Privacy Rights Not Violated by Recording Jail Phone Calls by Division One of the Washington State Court of Appeals has held that recording a prisoner’s jail telephone ...

Washington DOC - JPay Contract 2009-2012

Kickback publication • 2009

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

for the facility related to the affected Service, via telephone, paging and confirmatory email or fax. In an Emergency where there is a potential danger of destruction of a material portion of Contractor's Equipment ...

Ninth Circuit Upholds Admission of Statements to Police in Phone Conversation Absent Miranda Warning

Article • February 15, 2009

Filed under: Criminal Prosecution, Crime, Habeas Corpus, Telephones, Telephone Monitoring

Ninth Circuit Upholds Admission of Statements to Police in Phone Conversation Absent Miranda Warning by Washington State prisoner Habib Saleh sought review of his federal habeas corpus denial challenging the admission of statements made in a voluntary phone conversation he initiated at his trial for first degree murder. The court …

AT&T Settlement Includes Fines, Reimbursement for Overcharging Recipients of Phone Calls From Washington Prisoners

Article • March 15, 2008 • from PLN March, 2008

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Telephone Rates, Immunity/Liability, Contractor Liability

for Overcharging Recipients of Phone Calls From Washington Prisoners by Michael Rigby Telephone service provider AT&T has agreed to reimburse the families and friends of Washington prisoners who were overcharged ...

A Look Inside Washington's Prison Phone Bidding System

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

rescinded a Request for Proposals (RFP) to contract for prisoner telephone services. In March 2004, DOC issued an RFP to solicit bids for the implementation and operation of a new prisoner ...

Appeals Court Reverses Summary Judgment of Washington Phone Suit

Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007

Filed under: State Law Claims, Telephone Rates, Immunity/Liability, Contractor Liability

Appeals Court Reverses Summary Judgment of Washington Phone Suit by A Washington appeals court has overturned a lower court's grant of summary judgment to telephone companies in a lawsuit ...

Disclosure of Washington State Prisoner Phone RatesDisclosure of Washington State Prisoner Phone Rates Stymied by the Courts

Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005

Filed under: Standing, Disclosure of Records, Mootness, Telephones, Telephone Rates

by the Courts by John E. Dannenberg When recipients of Washington state prisoner-originated long distance phone calls sought to compel disclosure of the telephone rates for those calls, the Washington superior ...

No Qualified Immunity in Civil Commitment Phone Monitoring

Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004

Filed under: Injunctions, Telephones, Telephone Monitoring, Qualified Immunity, Civil Commitment

' telephone calls, (2) from barring outgoing calls other than collect calls, and (3) to allow "prompt telephone access to residents in cases of family emergency." The SCC had repeated notice of what it must ...

Washington Failure to Disclose Prison-Phone-Rate Suit Dismissed, State Supreme Court Grants Review

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

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Washington Failure to Disclose Prison-Phone-Rate Suit Dismissed, State Supreme Court Grants Review by Sam Rutherford Division I of the Washington State Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court dismissal of an action challenging phone companies' failure to disclose the rates for collect calls made by Washington prisoners. Relief was …

Fighting for Fair Phone Rates

Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Telephone Rates

Fighting for Fair Phone Rates by Deborah M Golden Fighting For Fair Phone Rates by Deborah M. Golden In 2000, a group of prisoners, loved ones of prisoners, and attorneys filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the high cost of collect calls …

Prisoner Phone Recordings not Exempt from FOIA Disclosure

Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN March, 2003

Filed under: Attorney Misconduct, Freedom of Information Act, Telephones, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring

§2510(5) this latter phrase is defined as specifically excluding telephones being used by law enforcement (including prison authorities). Thus while the law includes specific equipment related ...

Washington Jail Sued Over Conditions

Article • February 15, 2003 • from PLN February, 2003

Filed under: Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Exposure to Cold, Plumbing, Water, Jail Specific, Laundry, Exposure to Heat, Attorney Client, Attorney Calls, Mail Regulations, Legal Mail

, and by locking the jail down during the day thereby denying prisoners the opportunity to telephone their lawyers. The jail also prohibits all access to books, magazines and newspapers, "in violation of the First ...

Judd v. AT&T, WA, Commissioner's Ruling Dismissing Appeal, Phone Rates, 2001

Brief • February 6, 2001

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

) ) ) ) ) Respondents, ) ) ) v. ) AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH ) COMPANY, GTE NORTHWEST, INC.. ) CENTURYTEL TELEPHONE UTILITIES, INC.,) NORTHWEST TELECOMMUNICATIONS, ) INC., d/b/a PTI COMMUNICATIONS. INC., ) U.S ...

Controversy Surrounds Letourneau Tape

Article • December 15, 2000 • from PLN December, 2000

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Attorney Client, Telephones, Attorney Calls

Controversy Surrounds Letourneau Tape by A Washington DOC investigator allegedly left his job at the state women's prison in Purdy with a souvenir: a tape recording of Mary K. Letourneau talking on the phone with her attorney. After starting a new job at the state Attorney General's office in 1998, …

Judd v. AT&T, WA, Motion to Dismiss Undisclosed Phone Rates, 2000

Brief • October 2, 2000

Filed under: Telephones

OF AT&T'S MOTION TO DISMISS 9 v. 10 11 12 13 AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY; GTE NORTHWEST INC.; CENTURYTELTELEPHONE UTILITIES, INC; NORTHWEST TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., d/b/a PTI COMMUNICATIONS ...

WA and IN Prison Phone Rates Challenged

Article • September 15, 2000 • from PLN September, 2000

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

are: American Telephone and Telegraph,GTE Northwest, Centurytel Telephone Utilities, Northwest Telecommunications, U.S. West and T-Netix. In 1998 these companies gave the Washington DOC 45% of their gross billed ...

Settlement in Washington State Deaf Prisoners' Lawsuit

Article • February 15, 1999 • from PLN February, 1999

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Disabled Prisoners, Attorney Fee Awards, Attorney Fees (PLRA), Damages, Settlements, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Interpreters, Telephones, Telephone Access

Settlement in Washington State Deaf Prisoners' Lawsuit by Jeff Crollard Aclass action lawsuit was settled on behalf of deaf and hearing-impaired prisoners in Washington State on September 3, 1998. The settlement agreement obligates the Washington State Department of Corrections to provide qualified sign language interpreters and assistive devices, such as …