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MA DOC Uses New Phone System

Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994

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

MA DOC Uses New Phone System by Paul Wright By Paul Wright As part of the nationwide trend towards more restrictive and more expensive prison phone systems, the Massachusetts DOC signed a contract with NYNEX on January 27, 1994, for the provision of phone services to Massachusetts prisons. The new …

BOP Phone Litigation Update

Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994

Filed under: Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Class Certification, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

to the appeals court the BOP claimed that elected officials, members of the court and media could be listed on prisoner's ITS phone lists. The plaintiff's attorney called the BOP's briefs incorrect and misleading ...

Phone Company State Actor for Section 1983

Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Standing, Telephone Rates, Qualified Immunity, Contractor Liability

Phone Company State Actor for Section 1983 by Milton Griffin-El is a Missouri state prisoner. He filed suit against MCI Telecommunications Corporation and state prison officials over the phone company's practice of announcing to persons called by prisoners that the calls originated from a prison. The court upheld MCI's practice …

AZ DOC Denies Court Access

Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994

Filed under: Hygiene Supplies, Attorney Client, Prisoner Legal Assistance, Law Library Access/Adequacy, Photocopies, Special Masters, Interpreters, Telephones, Telephone Rates, Attorney Calls

held that the ADOC also denied prisoners' confidential attorney calls. The lack of a central policy allows individual prisons to set arbitrary standards which permit the improper denial of calls ...

LA Prisoners Boycott Phones

Article • April 15, 1994 • from PLN April, 1994

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Organizing, Prison Rebellion, Telephone Rates

it's rates and reimburse customers who had been overcharged since June 8, 1993. The Louisiana Public Service Commission ordered business' providing prisoner telephone service to provide the same ...

Double Celling Pre-Trial Detainees Violates Due Process

Article • April 15, 1994 • from PLN April, 1994

Filed under: Political Prisoners, Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, Overcrowding, Bedding, Telephones, Telephone Access, Qualified Immunity, Municipal Liability

include: double celling of pre-trial detainees, blanket strip and body cavity searches of all arrestees and restricted telephone access during the first 48 hours of captivity. In several cases ...

Court Enjoins BOP Phone System

Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994

Filed under: Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Administrative Procedures Act (Federal), Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Telephone Monitoring, Federal Legislation

implementing its Inmate Telephone System (ITS). The case is Washington v. Reno, case number 93-217 and 93-290. Readers should note that so far this is an unpublished opinion that cannot be cited for precedent ...

Death Row Prisoners Entitled to Limited Contact Attorney Visits

Article • January 15, 1994 • from PLN January, 1994

Filed under: Retaliation for Litigating, Attorney Client, Telephones, Attorney Calls, Death Row, Attorney Visits

to the courts require confidential attorney calls. The solution ordered by the court was that prison officials provide a longer phone cord on the telephone cart to permit the prisoner to take the phone ...

Pro Se Detainee Has Access Rights

Article • October 15, 1993 • from PLN October, 1993

Filed under: Law Library Access/Adequacy, Photocopies, Mootness, Telephones, Attorney Calls

Pro Se Detainee Has Access Rights by A detainee held in the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) at San Diego, named Gust Janis, was awaiting trial on federal drug manufacturing and possession charges. Janis was also involved in a number of other criminal and civil cases, telling the court he has …

The Telephone Game

Article • September 15, 1993 • from PLN September, 1993

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Telephone Rates

The Telephone Game by Nearly a year and a half after a scandal about purchasing involving the North Carolina Coin Tel Company has passed. The grand jury has finally indicted two people ...

MI Phone Rip Off

Article • September 15, 1993 • from PLN September, 1993

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

MI Phone Rip Off by B K I have read the article which appeared in PLN (Vol. 4, number 4) by Paul Wright about the prison telephone system. I was amazed to learn that the Washington DOC ...

Court Dissolves 1-800 Injunction

Article • May 15, 1993 • from PLN May, 1993

Filed under: Attorney Client, Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Telephones, Telephone Rates, Attorney Calls

Court Dissolves 1-800 Injunction by Iowa state prisoners filed suit seeking preliminary and injunctive relief against an Iowa prison policy prohibiting them from calling their attorneys toll free 1-800 numbers. They claimed this practice violated their right of access to the courts. The district court agreed and granted a preliminary …

DOC Phone Rip Off

Article • April 15, 1993 • from PLN April, 1993

Filed under: Standing, Telephones, Telephone Rates, Telephone Monitoring

Ridge. USWC does Shelton, Walla Walla, McNeil Island, Airway Heights, Tacoma Pre Release, Cedar Creek and Larch. The DOC does not own the telephone monitoring and recording equipment it has installed ...

Federal Judge Says Prisoners Denied Access to Courts

Article • March 15, 1993 • from PLN March, 1993

Filed under: Law Library Access/Adequacy, Photocopies, Special Masters, Telephones, Attorney Calls

not speak English; failed to provide confidential photocopying services for prisoners' legal documents; and arbitrarily denied prisoners confidential telephone calls with their attorneys. Muecke added that he ...

Telephone Announcements Halted

Article • October 15, 1992 • from PLN October, 1992

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access

Telephone Announcements Halted by PLN recently reported that Creations , a prisoner rights group in North Carolina, had filed suit concerning the practice of U.S. Sprint operators ...

Indiana Control Unit Prisoners File Suit and Strike

Article • August 15, 1992 • from PLN August, 1992

Filed under: Hunger Strikes, Eighth Amendment, Exposure to Cold, Clothing, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Telephone Access, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Visiting, Attorney Visits

total submission of the prisoners to state power. Prisoners are denied telephone and visiting privileges for the first 90 days, then allowed 1 visit and 1 call every 30 days. Prisoners are not allowed ...

Suit Filed Over Telephone Services

Article • June 15, 1992 • from PLN June, 1992

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Suit Filed Over Telephone Services by South Carolina prisoners have filed a class action suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and 47 U.S.C.201(b) and 202(a) of the Federal Communications Act ...

Counsel Appointed in Denial of Telephone, Beating Claim

Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Skeletal Injury, Appointment of Counsel, Attorney Client, Telephones, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring

Counsel Appointed in Denial of Telephone, Beating Claim by Counsel Appointed In Denial Of Telephone, Beating Claim Billy Tucker was arrested and jailed in Kendall County, Ill. At the time ...

Clallam Bay Gets Computer Phones

Article • October 15, 1990 • from PLN October, 1990

Filed under: Computers, Telephones, Telephone Access

Clallam Bay Gets Computer Phones by Starting on August 8th, prisoners at C.B.C.C. were treated to a new phone service, one run by a computer. You pick up the phone ant the machine asks for your name and the number you want to call. It hen dials the number and …