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SD DOC ICS Rates effective March 2016

Kickback publication • April 7, 2016

Filed under: Telephone Rates

Access Policies Frequent Questions Note: You can access the applicable DOC policies by clicking on Policies under the About Us tab. 1.5.D.4 Inmate Access to Telephones Terminology Statistics History ...

D.C. Circuit Court Partially Stays FCC Order Capping Prison and Jail Phone Rates

Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016

Filed under: Telephone Rates

D.C. Circuit Court Partially Stays FCC Order Capping Prison and Jail Phone Rates by Over 1.5 million families with loved ones in state and federal prisons will experience significant financial relief with respect to the costs of Inmate Calling Services (ICS) beginning March 17, 2016, despite the best efforts of …

From the Editor

Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016

Filed under: Private Prisons, Wexford Health Services, California Forensic Medical Group, Corizon, Centurion, Medical, Prisoner Privileges, Education, Telephone Rates, PLN related

From the Editor by Paul Wright Recent decades have seen the rise of not only private, for-profit prisons but also the privatization of other aspects of corrections systems, most notably the provision of medical care. As with prison privatization, the only people who have benefited are the owners of and …

Bids for Florida DOC Video Visitation Technology Result in Lawsuit

Article • March 31, 2016

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

could receive up to 1,000 points. The company receiving the highest score would be awarded a contract to provide telephone services and video visitation technology to the DOC. When all the proposals were ...

UT DOC CenturyLink Contract Amendment 1 - Call Rates - 3-21-2016 - 11-1-2019

Kickback publication • March 21, 2016

Filed under: Organizing, Advocacy, Prison Reform, Criminal justice system reform, Telephones, Telephone Rates

on inmate telephone calls. However, Contractor may charge "transaction fees" as allowed under current FCC regulations. These fees shall not exceed; (1) $5.95 for prepaid/debit purchases made through a live ...

Austin Lawyers Guild et al v. Securus and Travis Co, TX, Settlement Agreement - Escamilla, illegal telephone recording, 2016

Brief • March 10, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Austin Lawyers Guild et al v. Securus and Travis Co, TX, Settlement Agreement - Escamilla, illegal telephone recording, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS ...

Austin Lawyers Guild et al v. Securus and Travis Co, TX, Settlement Agreement - Lehmberg, illegal telephone recording, 2016

Brief • March 10, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Austin Lawyers Guild et al v. Securus and Travis Co, TX, Settlement Agreement - Lehmberg, illegal telephone recording, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS ...

Order Adopting Revised Inmate Phone Rules, Alabama Public Service Commission, 2014

Publication • March 9, 2016

Filed under: Telephone Rates

COMMISSIONER Re: GENERIC PROCEEDING CONSIDERING THE PROMULGATION OF TELEPHONE RULES GOVERNING INMATE PHONE SERVICE ) ) ) DOCKET 15957 FURTHER ORDER ADOPTING REVISED INMATE PHONE SERVICE RULES ...

ALG et al v. Securus and Travis Co, TX, Settlement Agreement, telephone rates, 2016

Brief • March 8, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

ALG et al v. Securus and Travis Co, TX, Settlement Agreement, telephone rates, 2016 ...

GTL v. FCC-ICS, Stay Order, telephone rates, 2016

Brief • March 7, 2016

Filed under: Telephone Rates

GTL v. FCC-ICS, Stay Order, telephone rates, 2016 USCA Case #15-1461 Document #1602581 Filed: 03/07/2016 Page 1 of 2 United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT ...

Prison Phone Companies Seek New Revenue Source in Electronic Messaging

Article • February 29, 2016

Filed under: JPay, Inc., Telephones, Telephone Rates, Video Visitation

bureaus and sheriff's departments. Nothing Like Email At least 10 companies providing services ranging from financial transactions to telephone calls now offer electronic messaging at hundreds of jails ...

Prison Policy Initiative Releases Report on Email Services for Prisoners

Article • February 29, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016

Filed under: Prison Reform, Computers, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Telephone Rates, Family

Prison Policy Initiative Releases Report on Email Services for Prisoners by Derek Gilna The non-profit, Massachusetts-based Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) has released a comprehensive study on communication options for prisoners, focusing on email services while also citing issues related to phone calls, visitation and postal mail. According to the January …

Oklahoma DOC, Sheriffs Challenge FCC’s Prison Phone Reforms

Article • February 29, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016

Filed under: Prison Reform, Telephones, Telephone Rates

Oklahoma DOC, Sheriffs Challenge FCC’s Prison Phone Reforms by Carrie Wilkinson A petition for review has been filed in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the Second Order and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking released by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on November 4, 2015, which made sweeping …

From the Editor

Article • February 29, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Prison Reform, Jail Specific, Education, Telephone Rates, Video Visitation, PLN related

From the Editor by Paul Wright One downside of publishing a magazine like Prison Legal News for 26 years is that in some respects we are not covering a one-off or isolated story but rather are reporting an ongoing and developing issue. This month’s cover story about the epic abuse, …

Hamden comments re Wright petition FCC phone rates 2008

Publication • February 24, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Utilities Commission ruled in favor of providers of prisoner telephone services, allowing the companies to charge higher telephone rates to the friends and families of prisoners for local collect calls ...

State of OK v. FCC, DC, States Mot to Intervene in Support of Plf, telephone rates, 2016

Brief • February 24, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

State of OK v. FCC, DC, States Mot to Intervene in Support of Plf, telephone rates, 2016 USCA Case #16-1057 Document #1600691 Filed: 02/24/2016 Page 1 of 8 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS ...

Comments re Wright Petition FCC Phone Rates, NASUCA, 2009

Publication • February 24, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

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Global Tel Link v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, DC, Motion for Stay of FCC Rule by Oklahoma, Telephone Contact During Incarceration, 2016

Brief • February 22, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Global Tel Link v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, DC, Motion for Stay of FCC Rule by Oklahoma, Telephone Contact During Incarceration, 2016 USCA Case #15-1461 ...

FCC Commissioner Clyburn Statement Re Martha Wright Ulandis Forte Sept 2012

Publication • February 15, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

on the telephone to stay connected. But they would soon be forced to terms with one of the stark realities of incarceration: prison payphone rates. Their story is shared by many families every day as approximately ...

Reply Comments to FCC on Wright Petition Phone Justice, 04-22, NASUCA, 2013

Publication • February 15, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Spring, MD 20910 Telephone (301) 589-6313 Fax (301) 589-6380 April 18, 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. THE BENEFITS OF INMATE CALLING ARE UNCHALLENGED .... .............................. 2 II. THE FCC'S ...