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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. …

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 …