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Mississippi DOC Announces Phone Rate Cuts

Article • June 8, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018

Filed under: Telephone Rates

Mississippi DOC Announces Phone Rate Cuts by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin The Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) announced on March 17, 2018 that phone calls from state prisons would be less expensive for prisoners and their families, effective immediately. “The reduced rate will make services even more accessible and …

Washington DOC - JPay Amendment #8 2018-2019

Kickback publication • 2018

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

Washington DOC - JPay Amendment #8 2018-2019 State of Washington Department of Corrections This Amendment Contract No. K8262 Amendment No. 8 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 …

TKC Holdings Inc. v. Securus Technologies Inc., NY, petition to transfer control of inmate calling solutions, 2018

Brief • May 17, 2018

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access

as a reseller of telephone service, without authority to provide local exchange service pursuant to a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity issued by the Commission in Case No. 03-C-1411 on January 29 ...

NY petition for approval to transfer control of Inmate Calling Solutions, LLC d/b/a ICSolutions to Securus Technologies, Inc., 2018

Publication • May 17, 2018

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

is authorized to operate as a reseller of telephone service, without authority to provide local exchange service pursuant to a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity issued by the Commission in Case ...

NY DOCCS Rates as of May 2018

Kickback publication • May 15, 2018

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

the inmate telephone system at each state operated facility at a reduced rate. Those wishing to accept calls from incarcerated individuals in NYS Correctional Facilities are required to have an account ...

Nebraska Sheriffs Profiting from Jail Phone Contracts

Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018

Filed under: Telephone Rates

Nebraska Sheriffs Profiting from Jail Phone Contracts by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The ACLU of Nebraska issued a report on November 30, 2017 detailing the cost of telephone ...

Pearson et. al. v. Hodgson and Securus Technologies Inc., phone kickback scheme complaint, 2018

Brief • May 2, 2018

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Attorney Calls, Mental Health, Family

. The Plaintiffs seek to end an illegal kickback scheme orchestrated by the Defendants that has nearly doubled the cost of telephone calls made from Bristol County correctional facilities - causing harm to prisoners ...

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Brief • April 30, 2018

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

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The Prison Industrial Complex: Mapping Private Sector Players

Publication • April 23, 2018

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, JPay, Inc., G4S/Group 4, Prison Labor, Private Contractors, Medical Records, Ambulance Service, Food, Electronic Monitoring, Arrest and Booking, Security Systems, Money/Property, Telephone Access, Guards/Staff, Staff Training, FISA-Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

The Prison Industrial Complex: Mapping Private Sector Players APRIL 2018 | 1 About the Corrections Accountability Project The Corrections Accountability Project (CAP) at the Urban Justice Center is a non-profit criminal justice advocacy organization committed to eliminating the influence of commercial interests on the criminal legal system and ending the …

Exclusive: Photos Show Aftermath of Lethal South Carolina Prison Brawl that Left Seven Dead

Article • April 17, 2018

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Exclusive: Photos Show Aftermath of Lethal South Carolina Prison Brawl that Left Seven Dead by Steve Horn by Steve Horn WARNING: This article contains graphic images. Photos obtained by Prison Legal News appear to reveal the bloody aftermath of a riot that occurred at the Lee Correctional Institution in South …

Benson v. Meisner, WI, Complaint, Revealing Prison Informant, 2018

Brief • April 6, 2018

Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, False Charges (Disciplinary Hearings), Failure to Protect (General), Eighth Amendment, Telephone Access, First Amendment, rights

Benson v. Meisner, WI, Complaint, Revealing Prison Informant, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-00538-DEJ Filed 04/06/18 Page 1 of 12 Document 1 Case 2:18-cv-00538-DEJ Filed 04/06/18 Page 2 of 12 Document 1 Case 2:18-cv-00538-DEJ Filed 04/06/18 Page 3 of 12 Document 1 Case 2:18-cv-00538-DEJ Filed 04/06/18 Page 4 of 12 Document 1 Case …

Securus Fined $1.7 Million for Providing Inaccurate Information, FCC Approves Company Transfer Anyway

Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Telephone Rates

Securus Fined $1.7 Million for Providing Inaccurate Information, FCC Approves Company Transfer Anyway by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) slapped Securus Technologies with a $1.7 million fine for providing misleading and inaccurate information as part of its application to transfer control to another company, but …

Tablets and E-messaging Services Expand in Prisons and Jails, as do Fees

Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018

Filed under: Computers, Telephone Access

Tablets and E-messaging Services Expand in Prisons and Jails, as do Fees by Matthew Clarke, Edward Lyon by Matt Clarke and Ed Lyon Global Tel*Link (GTL), one of the largest prison and jail phone service providers in the United States, has steadily expanded into other services that target corrections agencies. …

Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Deaf Former Prisoner’s ADA Claims

Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Interpreters, Telephone Access

Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Deaf Former Prisoner’s ADA Claims by Jail officials “may not turn a blind eye to a deaf ear,” the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit fittingly declared in an August 31, 2017 ruling that reversed a summary judgment order in a lawsuit filed by …

Despite Suicides, Jails Replace In-person Visitation with Video Screens

Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018

Filed under: Jail Specific, Telephones, Suicides, Visiting, Video Visitation

center once a week remains their only option. Rates for telephone calls, video visits and other communications services in jails and prisons are extremely high compared to the free world. Couloute said ...

Mississippi Attorney General Settles with Third Company in Epps Bribery Scandal

Article • March 6, 2018 • from PLN March, 2018

Filed under: Private Prisons, Attorneys General, Telephones

Mississippi Attorney General Settles with Third Company in Epps Bribery Scandal by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin PLN has previously covered the continuing fallout from a massive bribery scandal involving former Mississippi DOC Commissioner Christopher B. Epps, including RICO lawsuits filed by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood against several companies …

MS DOC Rates March 2018

Kickback publication • March 2, 2018

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

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Porter v. Clarke, VA, Opinion, Death Row Conditions, 2018

Brief • February 21, 2018

Filed under: Eighth Amendment, Exercise, Telephone Access, Death Penalty/Death Row, Mental Health, Fourteenth Amendment, rights

contact visitation, which the warden had the discretion to grant or deny. Id. ¶ 51.5 Plaintiffs also had access to wireless telephones that could be brought to their cell and used any day of the week ...

Sufficient Facts for Discrimination Hearing

Article • February 8, 2018

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Conditions of Confinement, Americans with Disabilities Act, Telephone Access

Sufficient Facts for Discrimination Hearing by David Reutter by David Reutter A Colorado federal district court held that deaf prisoners and prisoners in contact with deaf persons alleged sufficient facts to survive dismissal of the Americans with Disabilities Act claim. The court said the prison’s archaic, faulty communication system for …

T-Mobile Contraband Study

Publication • February 2, 2018

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Monitoring, Cell Phone Access

T-Mobile Contraband Study 601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW North Building, Suite 800 Washington DC, 20004 February 2, 2018 VIA ELECTRONIC FILING Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, SW Washington, DC 20554 Re: Promoting Technical Solutions to Combat Contraband Wireless Device Use in Correctional Facilities, GN Docket No. …