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FCC Proceeding, WC Docket No. 12-375, Notice of Ex Parte Presentation, 2015

Publication • February 12, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

on the issue of and a proposal for facility cost recovery. Mr. Wood met with the above FCC Staff members in person, while Mr. Baker attended the meeting via telephone. Baker discussed how his experience with ICS ...

LA PSC Letter re Jail and Prison Phone Rates, Louisiana Public Service Commission, 2015

Publication • February 12, 2016

Filed under: Telephone Rates

of the LPSC to get over the disgust I felt at the actions of commissioners and st.'tff during our latest discussion of inmate telephone rates. The Commission has now spent five years on this topic: two years ...

Global TelLink et al. v. FCC, DC, Opp Mot for Stay, telephone rates, 2016

Brief • February 12, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Global TelLink et al. v. FCC, DC, Opp Mot for Stay, telephone rates, 2016 USCA Case #15-1461 Document #1598725 Filed: 02/12/2016 Page 1 of 24 In the UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS ...

Ex Parte Notice to FCC (12-375), AL Public Service Commission, 2015

Publication • February 11, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

on the issue of and a proposal for facility cost recovery. Mr. Wood met with the above FCC Staff members in person, while Mr. Baker attended the meeting via telephone. Baker discussed how his experience with ICS ...

James v. GTL, NJ, Opinion, Telephone Terms of Service, 2016

Brief • February 11, 2016

Filed under: Trust Accounts, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

James v. GTL, NJ, Opinion, Telephone Terms of Service, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY BOBBIE JAMES, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GLOBAL TEL*LINK CORPORATION, INMATE ...

James v. GTL, NJ, Order on Motion to Compel Arbitration, Telephone Terms of Service, 2016

Brief • February 11, 2016

Filed under: Trust Accounts, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

James v. GTL, NJ, Order on Motion to Compel Arbitration, Telephone Terms of Service, 2016 Case 2:13-cv-04989-WJM-MF Document 117 Filed 02/11/16 Page 1 of 1 PageID: 1123 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ...

Securus Technologies v. Chris Christie, NJ, AG Certification, Securus Phone Contracts Exhibits (2017)

Brief • February 9, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, Telephone Monitoring, First Amendment, First Amendment, rights

. for the the provision provision management system system .at at the telephone and and jail management inmate telephone theCape of an inmate Cape May May County County Correctional Center; and County Contract Contract ...

HRDC FCC Reply Comment for Third FNPRM - Feb 2016

Publication • February 8, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

when determining the rate caps in the 3rd FNPRM. Three hundred percent. And this is in the context that no one else in America is paying $0.22 per minute for telephone service. Securus clearly has ...

State of Oklahoma v. Federal Communications Commission, 10th Circuit, Petition for Review, Prison Phone Systems, 2016

Brief • January 25, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, Prison Regulations

Martha Wright of Washington, D.C. petitioned this Commission for relief from exorbitant phone rates charged by inmate calling service (ICS) providers, so that she might afford telephone contact with her ...

HRDC FCC Comment for Third FNPRM - Jan 2016

Publication • January 19, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

critical times of incarceration. 3 There is also no argument that this is a recent creation and that prior to the late 1980s most prisoners enjoyed telephone access at very low rates. Only after Evercom ...

HRDC FCC comment on GTL and Mississippi - Oct 2015

Publication • January 18, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

of contracts to WAGGONER’S employer, GTL, for inmate telephone services at MDOC facilities. Specifically, on or about July 30, 2014 and on or about August 26, 2014, the defendant SAM WAGGONER, paid kickbacks ...

Louisiana Jail Phone Consultants Resign Due to Conflicts of Interest

Article • January 12, 2016

Filed under: Telephone Rates

Louisiana Jail Phone Consultants Resign Due to Conflicts of Interest by David Reutter Two consultants hired to analyze the cost of prisoner phone calls charged by Louisiana’s Sheriffs have resigned due to conflict of interest. The Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC) held two hearings in 2012 on the prison phone …

California Officials Reverse Position after Receiving Prison Phone Company Contributions

Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016

Filed under: Government Misconduct, Telephone Rates

, where county officials received contributions from the telephone provider for the county jail, Global Tel*Link, which appear to have led two supervisors to end their opposition to GTL’s contract ...

HRDC FCC Comment re: Virginia DOC prison phone rate reduction-Dec 2015

Publication • December 31, 2015

Filed under: Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

HRDC FCC Comment re: Virginia DOC prison phone rate reduction-Dec 2015 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS December 31, 2015 The Honorable Tom Wheeler, Chairman Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St. S.W. Washington DC 20554 Re: Comment for WC Docket 12-375 Dear Chairman Wheeler: The Human Rights …

FCC Filing - GTL Petition for Stay Pending Judicial Review, DC, telephone rates, 2015

Brief • December 22, 2015

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

FCC Filing - GTL Petition for Stay Pending Judicial Review, DC, telephone rates, 2015 Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate ...

FCC Filing - Supplement to Public Securus Petition for Stay FTI Report, DC, telephone rates, 2015

Brief • December 22, 2015

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

FCC Filing - Supplement to Public Securus Petition for Stay FTI Report, DC, telephone rates, 2015 REDACTED – FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION FTI CONSULTING, INC. REPORT ON FINANCIAL IMPACT OF FCC SECOND ...

FCC Order denying GTL objection to providing confidential information to CenturyLink, DC, telephone rates, 2015

Brief • December 21, 2015

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

FCC Order denying GTL objection to providing confidential information to CenturyLink, DC, telephone rates, 2015 ...

FCC Leter to Securus re WC Docket No. 12-375, In the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, December 3, 2015

Brief • December 3, 2015

Filed under: Telephone Rates, PLN Litigation

FCC Leter to Securus re WC Docket No. 12-375, In the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, December 3, 2015 Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 December 3, 2015 DA 15-1382 Robert Pickens President Securus Technologies, Inc. 3000 Kellway Dr. #150 Carrolton, TX 75006 RE: WC Docket No. …

Breaking News! FCC Votes to Further Reform Prison Phone Industry

Article • December 2, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015

Filed under: Prison Reform, Telephone Rates

Breaking News! FCC Votes to Further Reform Prison Phone Industry by Carrie Wilkinson Breaking News! FCC Votes to Further Reform Prison Phone Industry by Carrie Wilkinson The cover story of the December 2013 issue of Prison Legal News was titled “FCC Order Heralds Hope for Reform of Prison Phone Industry.” …

From the Editor

Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015

Filed under: Telephone Rates

, they will be issuing rules regulating all prison and jail telephone calls, including setting rate caps for debit and prepaid calls of $.11 per minute at prisons and $.14 to $.22 per minute at jails, plus banning most ...