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HRDC FCC comment re low WV DOC phone rates, AL legal challenges June 2015

Publication • July 8, 2015

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

than what Securus charges for the automated voicemail payments, according to the commission. Payments made by telephone through a live operator will be capped at $5.95 – $4 less than what Securus charges ...

HRDC FCC comment re Securus profits June 2015

Publication • July 8, 2015

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

HRDC FCC comment re Securus profits June 2015 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS June 24, 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 Defense Center (HRDC) …

New Jersey County Seeks New Jail Phone Contract, Increases Commission Rate

Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

New Jersey County Seeks New Jail Phone Contract, Increases Commission Rate by Derek Gilna New Jersey County Seeks New Jail Phone Contract, Increases Commission Rate by Derek Gilna Officials in Bergen County, New Jersey are seeking bids on a new jail phone contract that will include an increase in the …

James v. GTL, NJ, Def Motion to Compel Arbitration, Telephone Terms of Service, 2015

Brief • June 7, 2015

Filed under: Trust Accounts, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

James v. GTL, NJ, Def Motion to Compel Arbitration, Telephone Terms of Service, 2015 Case 2:13-cv-04989-WJM-MF Document 95 Filed 08/07/15 Page 1 of 2 PageID: 767 GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP 200 Park ...

Washington DOC - JPay Amendment #4 2015-2018

Kickback publication • 2015

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

Washington DOC - JPay Amendment #4 2015-2018 State of Washington Department of Corrections This Amendment Contract No. K8262 Amendment No. 4 is made by the state of Washington, Department of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as Department, and JPay, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, for the purpose of amending …

New Jersey, Ohio DOCs Significantly Reduce Phone Rates

Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015

Filed under: Telephone Rates

New Jersey, Ohio DOCs Significantly Reduce Phone Rates by New Jersey, Ohio DOCs Significantly Reduce Phone Rates According to an April 9, 2015 press release issued by New Jersey Advocates for Immigrant Detainees, LatinoJustice PRLDEF and the New York University School of Law Immigrant Rights Clinic, the New Jersey Department …

Dialing with Dollars: How County Jails Profit From Immigrant Detainees

Article • February 4, 2015 • from PLN February, 2015

Filed under: Immigration, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

end up paying the same inflated telephone rates charged to their citizen prisoner counterparts, but unlike jail prisoners charged with a crime, immigration detainees don’t have access to court ...

HRDC FCC reply comment for Second FNPRM Jan 2015

Publication • January 27, 2015

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

the evidence in the record makes it even clearer that the time has come to cap the cost of all prison and jail telephone calls in the range of $.05 to $.07 per minute, and to ban ICS site commissions ...

HRDC letter in support of CA Assembly Bill 1876 March 2014

Publication • January 16, 2015

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

Bill 1876 which would prohibit a county jail from accepting a "commission" or other form of payment or kickback from a telephone company as an incentive to enter into a contract for the provision ...

HRDC FCC comment for Second FNPRM Jan 2015

Publication • January 13, 2015

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

. Prior to the commission model of ICS contracts, prisons and jails were perfectly capable of providing telephone access to prisoners, as well as rehabilitative services, without phone rates inflated ...

Los Angeles County Jail Exploits Prisoners, Families with High Phone Costs

Article • December 3, 2014 • from PLN December, 2014

Filed under: Telephone Rates

Los Angeles County Jail Exploits Prisoners, Families with High Phone Costs by Los Angeles County Jail Exploits Prisoners, Families with High Phone Costs by Derek Gilna Officials with Los Angeles County’s jail system have been criticized by County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky for exploiting prisoners and their families by charging excessive …

FCC order and further notice of proposed rulemaking on inmate phone services Sept. 2013

Publication • December 2, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

, 2012) (including 36,690 public comments “supporting imposition of price caps on correctional facility telephone rates”). 3 The Center on the Admin. of Criminal Law 2013 Comments at 10 (citing Nancy G ...

HRDC comment to FCC response to PayTel Jan 2014

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

: Currently, the Florida Department of Corrections negotiates the telephone contracts for the state prisons. The jail contracts would be negotiated at the local level.... You are correct that we did have ...

HRDC comment to FCC response to Global Tel Oct 2012

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

the Federal Communications Commission to rein in telephone companies that, in many states, charge inmates spectacularly high rates that can force their families to choose between keeping in touch ...

HRDC comment to FCC re NPRM March 2013

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

options for prisoners and detainees. (NPRM #39). We submit that certain categories of telephone calls should be free for prisoners and persons in immigration detention. Detainees should be permitted ...

HRDC comment to FCC NPRM reply April 2013

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

: RFP No. 060072DC – Inmate Telephone System; specifically “Comprehensive Scores,” dated July 31, 2007. See Exhibit A, attached. 6 Oklahoma Department of Corrections to Department of Central Services ...

HRDC comment to FCC re MI DOC phone rates June 2011

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

HRDC comment to FCC re MI DOC phone rates June 2011 HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER Dedicated to Protecting Human Rights www.prisonlegalnews.org afriedmann@prisonlegalnews.org Please Reply to Tennessee Office: Direct Dial: 615-495-6568 5331 Mt. View Rd. #130 Antioch, TN 37013 June 16, 2011 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary Federal Communications Commission Office …

HRDC comment to FCC re PLN cover story April 2011

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

to a different CCA facility. [See: PLN, March 2004, p.14]. “We find it hard to believe that they would shut down the prison over telephone rates. We had no interest in shutting the prison down,” said AT&T ...

PLN comment to FCC re ICS corruption Sept 2008

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street SW Washington, DC 20554 RE: Supplement to Previous Comment Regarding CC Docket No. 96-128 (Implementation of Pay Telephone Reclassification ...

PLN comment to FCC re prisoner literacy May 2007

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street SW Washington, DC 20554 RE: Reply Comment Regarding CC Docket No. 96-128 (Implementation of Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation Provisions ...