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HRDC initial comment to FCC re Wright petition April 2007

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

Commission 445 12th Street SW Washington, DC 20554 RE: Comment Regarding CC Docket No. 96-128 (Implementation of Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 ...

HRDC comment to FCC re WA jail phone rates Sept 2014

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

Consolidated Telecom VAC/Global Tel*Link Crown Correctional Telephone, Inc. Interlata $3.00 + .30/min $3.00 + .30/min $7.50 $7.50 Intralata $3.00 + .30/min $3.00 + .30/min $7.50 $7.50 Local ...

HRDC comment to FCC re prison phone cost drivers July 2014

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

HRDC comment to FCC re prison phone cost drivers July 2014 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS July 17, 2014 Submitted Online Only The Honorable Tom Wheeler, Chairman Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Re: Ex Parte Comment for WC Docket No. 12-375 …

HRDC comment to FCC on prison phone articles June 2014

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

. Mr. Chruby’s sentiment was echoed in dozens of lawsuits filed by inmates against Securus, Global Tel-Link and other providers. While the F.C.C. capped interstate telephone rates at 25 cents a minute ...

HRDC comment to FCC re prison phone articles Sept 2014

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

, and without such security measures, the risks to institutional security and public safety would quickly outweigh the benefits of allowing inmate telephone access." Attorneys for Telmate LLC argue that some ...

FCC Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking WC Docket No 12-375

Publication • October 22, 2014

Filed under: Telephone Rates

36,690 public comments “supporting imposition of price caps on correctional facility telephone rates”). 3 See U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Recidivism of State Prisoners ...

Securus v FCC, DC, Pet Intervenors Brief, inmate calling services, 2014

Brief • October 20, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

of telephone rates” and that “Congress has given the FCC explicit statutory authority to regulate inmate payphone services in particular.” (App. 6, 8). Regarding plaintiffs’ concerns about site commissions ...

Jail Video Visitation Proposal Considered in Dallas County, Texas

Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014

Filed under: Telephone Rates, Visiting

Jail Video Visitation Proposal Considered in Dallas County, Texas by Jail Video Visitation Proposal Considered in Dallas County, Texa On September 9, 2014, the Dallas County Commissioners Court unanimously rejected a proposal that would have ended all face-to-face visits with prisoners at the Dallas County Jail. The Commissioners Court had …

Prison and Jail Phone Reforms Needed in New Jersey

Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014

Filed under: Telephone Rates

Prison and Jail Phone Reforms Needed in New Jersey by Karina Wilkinson Prison and Jail Phone Reforms Needed in New Jersey by Karina Wilkinson Two prison phone service providers, Global Tel*Link and Securus, continue to overcharge prisoners and their families for calls made from prisons and jails in New Jersey. …

Video Visitation: How Private Companies Push for Visits by Video, Grassroots Leadership, 2014

Publication • October 1, 2014

Filed under: Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Visiting

County received $1.6 million from Securus as pre-paid commissions in October 2007 from its telephone contract, and the County is paid 23 percent of all gross revenue that Securus received from its ...

Stuart v. Gobal Tel*Link, AR, Complaint, Prison Phone Rates, 2014

Brief • September 4, 2014

Filed under: Telephone Rates

Stuart v. Gobal Tel*Link, AR, Complaint, Prison Phone Rates, 2014 Case 5:14-cv-05275-TLB Document 1 Filed 09/04/14 Page 1 of 14 PageID #: 1 Case 5:14-cv-05275-TLB Document 1 Filed 09/04/14 Page 2 of 14 PageID #: 2 Case 5:14-cv-05275-TLB Document 1 Filed 09/04/14 Page 3 of 14 PageID #: 3 Case …

Mojica v. Securus, AR, Complaint, Telephone Rates, 2014

Brief • August 14, 2014

Filed under: Telephone Rates

Mojica v. Securus, AR, Complaint, Telephone Rates, 2014 Case 5:14-cv-05258-TLB Document 1 Filed 08/14/14 Page 1 of 13 PageID #: 1 Case 5:14-cv-05258-TLB Document 1 Filed 08/14/14 Page 2 of 13 ...

Securus Technologies, v. FCC, DC, Amici Brief of Frankel, Goldblatt & Newbern, Prison Phone Rates, 2014

Brief • July 28, 2014

Filed under: Telephone Rates

dismissed an equal protection challenge to ICS site commission arrangements on primary jurisdiction grounds, explaining: A claim of discriminatory tariffed telephone rates is precisely the kind of claim ...

Securus Technologies v. FCC, DC, AAJC & NAACP Amicus Brief, Prison Phone Rates, 2014

Brief • July 28, 2014

Filed under: Telephone Rates

Securus Technologies v. FCC, DC, AAJC & NAACP Amicus Brief, Prison Phone Rates, 2014 USCA Case #13-1280 Document #1504841 Filed: 07/28/2014 Page 1 of 29 ORAL ARGUMENT NOT YET SCHEDULED BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE | AAJC, LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW, AND THE NATIONAL …

Securus Technologies v. FCC, DC, Verizon Amicus Brief, Prison Phone Rates, 2014

Brief • July 28, 2014

Filed under: Telephone Rates

U.S.C. § 201(b). This requirement extends to “the provision of inmate telephone service in correctional institutions, and any ancillary services.” Id. § 276(d). The public, through grandmothers like ...

SEC Rejects CCA, GEO Group Shareholder Resolutions to Reduce Prison Phone Rates

Article • July 11, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Advocacy, Prison Reform, Statistics/Trends, Telephone Rates

. [See: PLN, Jan. 2014, p.44]. Such kickbacks are typically based on a percentage of revenue generated from inmate telephone services (ITS) – revenue that is mostly paid by prisoners’ families ...

Louisiana Public Service Commission Considers Prison Phone Issues

Article • July 9, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014

Filed under: Telephone Rates

, in a monthly news column, Commissioner Campbell noted that high prison phone rates have troubled him for more than a decade. “This issue involves millions of dollars collected by monopoly telephone ...

San Francisco v. PCS and GTL, Settlement of Unlitigated Claim, Jail Phone Services, 2014

Brief • June 13, 2014

Filed under: Telephone Rates

San Francisco v. PCS and GTL, Settlement of Unlitigated Claim, Jail Phone Services, 2014 FILE NO. 140372 1 RESOLUTION NO. [Settlement of Claim - Public Communications Services, Inc., and Global Tel*Link Corporation - City to Receive $1,079,116] 2 3 Resolution approving the settlement of the unlitigated claim by City and …

FCC Order Denying Petions by Securus Waivers of Interstate Calls 2014

Brief • June 6, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

generally Implementation of the Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Petition of Martha Wright et al. for Rulemaking or, in the Alternative ...

FCC Consumer Guide to Inmate Telephone Services and Revised Rules 2014

Publication • 2014

Filed under: Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

FCC Consumer Guide to Inmate Telephone Services and Revised Rules 2014 Consumer Guide Inmate Telephone Service Background FCC rules that significantly reformed interstate Inmate Calling Service (ICS ...