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Sign on letter re Inmate Calling Technical Corrections Act - Oct 2018

Publication • October 5, 2018

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Sign on Letters

Technical Corrections Act would enable the Federal Communications Commission to revive the work it has already completed to reduce the cost of telephone communication home from prisons and jails and ensure ...

Despite Lack of FCC Action, States Can Still Make Prison and Jail Calls Affordable

Article • September 4, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018

Filed under: Telephone Rates

of Bristol County, Massachusetts and Securus Technologies, Inc. The suit seeks to “end an illegal kickback scheme orchestrated by the Defendants that has nearly doubled the cost of telephone calls made ...

U.S. Dept. of Justice - Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Management of Its Female Inmate Population, 2018

Publication • September 1, 2018

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Conditions of Confinement, Education, Telephones, Mental Health, Video Visitation, Children of Prisoners

inmates transferred from Danbury. We held in-person, telephone, and video teleconference interviews with BOP officials responsible for or involved in the management of federal female inmates, as well ...

Texas Rates September 2018

Kickback publication • August 28, 2018

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

communities in Texas," he said. "I'm extremely, extremely proud of them helping us out today." Earlier this month, White penned a letter the Collier expressing his concerns about the existing offender telephone ...

Montana Rates as of August 2018

Kickback publication • August 16, 2018

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Montana Rates as of August 2018 8/16/2018 Inmate and Youth Phone Calls Hours – Calls can be prohibited for security reasons at any time. Montana State Prison – 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Montana Women’s Prison – 6 a.m.to 10 p.m. Pine Hills Adult Programs – 6 a.m. to 10 …

Montana CenturyLink Contract thru 2020

Kickback publication • August 16, 2018

Filed under: Telephones

12 0 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 2.2 Facilities and Telephones. The locations and number of telephones initially required are listed below, but may be adjusted during the course of the contract. Contractor ...

Montana Increase in Rates Memo 2018

Kickback publication • August 16, 2018

Filed under: Telephones

Montana Increase in Rates Memo 2018

Criticism of Commission-based Phone Contract at Pennsylvania County Prison

Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018

Filed under: Telephone Rates

*Link (GTL), one of the nation’s largest prison and jail telephone service providers, has contracted with the York County Prison under a “commission” arrangement that provides kickbacks ...

Massachusetts County Faces Lawsuit Over Phone Fee Kickbacks

Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018

Filed under: Telephone Rates

Massachusetts County Faces Lawsuit Over Phone Fee Kickbacks by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On May 2, 2018, attorneys with Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts, the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), the Legal Services Center at Harvard Law School and the law firm of Bailey & Glasser LLP filed a …

Alaska Jail Recorded Attorney-client Conversations for Four Years

Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Attorney Client, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring

Alaska Jail Recorded Attorney-client Conversations for Four Years by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin On January 15, 2018, the Anchorage Daily News reported that, from 2012 to 2016, confidential conversations between criminal defendants and their attorneys were routinely recorded by a long-abandoned audio monitoring system in a visitation room at …

Federal Judge Dismisses Class-action Suits Over Jail Phone Rates, Commissions

Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018

Filed under: Telephone Rates

governments as defendants and, according to the court, “the Ninth Circuit has not recognized an independent right to telephone access for inmates” that could be impeded by government action. Even ...

NH DOC GTL Contract thru 2022

Kickback publication • July 24, 2018

Filed under: Telephones

NH DOC GTL Contract thru 2022

NH DOC GTL Contract Kickback Terms

Kickback publication • July 24, 2018

Filed under: Telephones

NH DOC GTL Contract Kickback Terms

NH DOC GTL Rates

Kickback publication • July 24, 2018

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

NH DOC GTL Rates

HRDC FCC comment re acquisition of ICSolutions by Securus, FCC Chairman Pai conflict of interest - July 2018

Publication • July 13, 2018

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

for using Securus’ telephone system at his jail to obtain location data on cell phone customers without a court order. Put another way, Securus’ platform can be abused by law enforcement officials to spy ...

The Prison Phone Industry Has Quietly Become Even More of a Duopoly

Article • July 1, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018

Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Telephone Rates

Securus’ telephone system at his jail to obtain location data on cell phone customers without a court order. Put another way, Securus’ platform can be abused by law enforcement officials to spy ...

Lawsuits Filed, Renewed Push to Block Cell Phones After Deadly South Carolina Prison Riot

Article • July 1, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018

Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Cell Phone Access

Lawsuits Filed, Renewed Push to Block Cell Phones After Deadly South Carolina Prison Riot by Steve Horn by Steve Horn In the two months following an April 15, 2018 riot at the Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, South Carolina that left seven prisoners dead and at least 22 injured, the …

Exclusive! Prison Legal News Interviews South Carolina DOC Director Bryan Stirling

Article • June 27, 2018

Filed under: Interviews, Cell Phone Access

to sanctions on visitation and telephone use and things of that nature, so that’s a process we’ve gone through recently too. SH: To get back to my initial interest in this, which is the FCC Task ...

Dept. of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General - ICE's Inspections and Monitoring of Detention Facilities Do Not Lead to Sustained Compliance or Systemic Improvements, 2018

Publication • June 26, 2018

Filed under: Strip Searches, Conditions of Confinement, Staffing, Exercise, Attorney Client, Immigration, Telephone Access, Mail, Staff Training

, age, medical history, and the detainee’s country of origin. ODO used the DHS language telephone line for translation and interviewed some detainees in Spanish and other languages. ODO teams discussed ...

Innovation Law Lab, Et Al. v. Nielsen, Et Al., OR, Order, Denied Immigration Lawyers, 2018

Brief • June 25, 2018

Filed under: Appointment of Counsel, Attorney Client, Immigration, Telephone Access, Attorney Calls, Attorney Visits, Fifth Amendment

, to facilitate the attorney’s consultation with a detainee who does not speak English by calling a telephone-accessible interpreter or interpretation service. Attorney calls may not be monitored, after Defendants ...