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HI DPS - GTL Announcement - Effective 2-1-2018

Kickback publication • February 1, 2018

Filed under: Organizing, Telephone Access

otherwise be blocked are now completed through GTL’s AdvancePay program. AdvancePay is a prepaid collect calling service that allows calls from an inmate in a correctional facility to your telephone number ...

French Officials to Install Phones in 50,000 Prison Cells

Article • January 31, 2018 • from PLN February, 2018

Filed under: Prison Reform, Telephone Access

, on January 2, 2018, French officials opened the bidding process for a telecom provider to install landline telephones in each of 50,000 cells in 178 prisons. The justice ministry said the program was being ...

Maine DOC's Dirty Trick in Prisoner Lawsuit Challenging Food and Phone

Article • December 26, 2017

Filed under: Food, Telephones

okie-doked prisoner Kevin J. Collins out of $150 in his lawsuit challenging food services and the prison's telephone system. Collins filed his lawsuit appealing the denial of his grievances in December ...

WA: Jail Phone Conversations Not Private, May Be Used By Prosecutors

Article • December 13, 2017

Filed under: Jail Specific, Privacy Act, Telephone Monitoring

was still in jail. Their conversations were recorded by the jail's telephone system. According to court documents, the recordings "provided evidence of Dare's complicity in the robbery and were used ...

State Bar of Texas Legal Services to the Poor in Criminal Matters Committee: Review of the Operations of State Counsel for Offenders, 2017

Publication • December 8, 2017

Filed under: Failure to Protect (General), Attorneys, Attorney Client, Public Defenders, Prosecutors, Court Access, Prisoner Legal Assistance, Indigent Defense, Money/Property, Telephones, Telephone Access, Attorney Visits, Failure to Protect (Staff), Staff Training

State Bar of Texas Legal Services to the Poor in Criminal Matters Committee: Review of the Operations of State Counsel for Offenders, 2017 Review of the Operations of State Counsel for Offenders Report by the State Bar of Texas Legal Services to the Poor in Criminal Matters Committee1 Approved for …

UT DOC CenturyLink Contract Amendment 2 - Commission Rate - 12-8-2017 - 11-1-2019

Kickback publication • December 8, 2017

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

UT DOC CenturyLink Contract Amendment 2 - Commission Rate - 12-8-2017 - 11-1-2019 STATE OF l JTAH COOPERATIVE CONTRACT AMENDMENT AMENDMENT #: 2 CONTRACT#: PD2178 Starting Date: 11 / 1/2014 Expiration Date: 1 11112019 TO BE A TT ACHED AND MADE PART OF the specified contract by and between the …

Robinson v. Neil, OH, Amended Complaint, Prison Overcrowding, 2017

Brief • November 30, 2017

Filed under: Disabled Prisoners, Pain, Blood, Conditions of Confinement, Food, Overcrowding, Eighth Amendment, Bedding, Jail Specific, Telephone Access, Fourteenth Amendment, rights

Robinson v. Neil, OH, Amended Complaint, Prison Overcrowding, 2017 Case: 1:17-cv-00652-SJD Doc #: 14 Filed: 11/30/17 Page: 1 of 23 PAGEID #: 137 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION SAMUEL ROBINSON, MARKALO HARRIS ERIC BUIG, JASON ROBINSON, GREGORY WILSON, DONTONYIO SPRUILL, DEMETRIOUS …

Georgia Prison Contraband Investigation Nets 130 Arrests, Guilty Pleas

Article • November 7, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017

Filed under: Crime, War on Drugs, Telephones

Georgia Prison Contraband Investigation Nets 130 Arrests, Guilty Pleas by David Reutter by David M. Reutter About 130 people have been arrested following a joint two-year investigation by the FBI and the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDOC). Indictments for 75 of the arrestees were announced in September 2015; another 46 …

$250,000 Paid By Virginia Jail to Settle Deaf Prisoner Suit

Article • November 7, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Jail Specific, Telephone Access

$250,000 Paid By Virginia Jail to Settle Deaf Prisoner Suit by In December 2016, a $250,000 settlement was reached in a lawsuit brought by a deaf prisoner who was effectively unable to communicate during a six-week stay at a jail in Arlington County, Virginia. The suit pushed the sheriff’s office …

From the Editor

Article • November 6, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017

Filed under: Editorials, Conditions of Confinement, Money/Property, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Telephones, Telephone Rates

From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright By now all PLN subscribers should have received our fundraiser mailing which includes our 2016 annual report and details our many activities, ranging from publishing and litigation to advocacy and media outreach. This provides a great overview of the depth and …

Global Tel*Link Fails to Derail Prison Phone Suit but Dodges Class Certification

Article • November 6, 2017 • from PLN November, 2017

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Global Tel*Link Fails to Derail Prison Phone Suit but Dodges Class Certification by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna An order entered by Western District of Arkansas federal judge Timothy L. Brooks on September 28, 2017 gave a mixed result to both sides in a hotly-contested lawsuit over excessive costs for …

Profiting Off Lifelines, ACLU Nebraska, 2017

Publication • November 1, 2017

Filed under: Attorney Client, Telephones, Video Visitation, Sixth Amendment

connected to positive influences. Telephone access in jail is also important for ensuring people facing criminal charges get their fair day in court. If you’re locked in a jail cell facing serious charges ...

Profiting Off Mass Incarceration: Detroit Pistons Owner Buys Private Prison Phone Company

Article • October 10, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017

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

Profiting Off Mass Incarceration: Detroit Pistons Owner Buys Private Prison Phone Company by Brian Dolinar by Brian Dolinar, Truthout The election of Donald Trump has already given an economic boost to those profiting from mass incarceration. The stock prices of the two biggest private prison builders – CoreCivic (formerly Corrections …

Former Mississippi DOC Commissioner, Co-defendants Sentenced in Massive Bribery Scheme

Article • October 9, 2017 • from PLN October, 2017

Filed under: Government Misconduct, Telephone Rates

then-Mississippi DOC Commissioner Christopher B. Epps a portion of the money he earned as a prison telephone contractor. Waggoner told federal agents that before their investigation started, he wrote ...

More Prisons Banning In-Person Visits, Adding To Securus Tech's Pile Of Cash

Article • October 4, 2017

Filed under: Telephone Rates, Video Visitation

More Prisons Banning In-Person Visits, Adding To Securus Tech's Pile Of Cash by Tim Cushing by Tim Cushing From the it's-ok-because-prisoners-aren't-human-beings,-amirite dept Jails and prisons continue to sacrifice what few physical interactions prisoners have with loved ones on the outside to phone service provider Securus. The New Orleans Advocate reports …

Seventh Circuit Passes on Opportunity to Weigh in on Police Use of Cell-Site Simulators

Article • September 6, 2017

Filed under: Police Searches, Telephone Monitoring

telephone." Based at least in part on the DOJ's benign description of the Stingray, the majority punted any further analysis. A strongly worded dissent by Seventh Circuit Chief Judge Wood disagreed ...

FCC Chairman Called Out on Conflict of Interest Concerning Prison Phone Company

Article • August 30, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017

Filed under: Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

FCC Chairman Called Out on Conflict of Interest Concerning Prison Phone Company by Carrie Wilkinson by Carrie Wilkinson The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) submitted a formal comment on three Federal Communications Commission dockets on August 9, 2017, accusing FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, who formerly represented prison telecom giant Securus …

HRDC Ex Parte Filing re GTL 2.5 Million settlement with Mississippi

Publication • August 23, 2017

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Telephones, HRDC Publications

for the state’s taxpayers is a positive thing. However, by potentially paying increased prison telephone rates to cover bribes, the cost of this settlement, and then increased rates to cover the settlement ...

No Right to Private Attorney Call for Iowa DUI Arrestee Prior to Consent to Breathalyzer Test

Article • August 22, 2017

Filed under: Drug Testing, Attorney Calls

No Right to Private Attorney Call for Iowa DUI Arrestee Prior to Consent to Breathalyzer Test by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On June 24, 2016, the Supreme Court of Iowa rejected the appeal ...

Nevada Federal Court Dismisses Suit over Attorney-Client Phone Call Monitoring

Article • August 22, 2017

Filed under: Attorney Client, Attorney Calls

makes the practice of periodically 'checking in' on the calls of inmates after initial screening to ensure they are still privileged, i.e., that the attorney had not handed the telephone over to a non ...