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Iowa Supreme Court Holds Billing for Fraudulent Prisoner Phone Calls Not a State Law Violation
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Iowa Supreme Court Holds Billing for Fraudulent Prisoner Phone Calls Not a State Law Violation by On October 14, 2011 the Iowa Supreme Court held that a prison telephone company did ...
From the Editor
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Filed under: Editorials, Telephones, Telephone Rates
From the Editor by Paul Wright For the past 22 years, PLN has been at the forefront of reporting on the gouging of prisoners’ families by prisons, jails and the telecommunications industry as prisoncrats and corporations profit by charging families exorbitant phone rates for the ability to communicate with their …
Washington DOC - JPay Amendment #2 2012-2013
Kickback publication • 2012
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring
Washington DOC - JPay Amendment #2 2012-2013 State of Washington Department of Corrections Contract No. K8262 Amendment No. 2 This Amendment 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 …
Eighth Circuit Affirms No First Amendment Right to Lower Prison Phone Rates
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates
Breault filed a civil rights action in federal court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that excessive contractual kickbacks resulted in high telephone rates for prisoners in the Arkansas Department ...
Court Finds Pennsylvania Jail’s Phone Bidding Process was Rigged; Contract Awarded to Another Company
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates
Court Finds Pennsylvania Jail’s Phone Bidding Process was Rigged; Contract Awarded to Another Company by The bidding process used to select the telephone contractor for Pennsylvania’s ...
Complaint against DTC, MA, Memo of Pet Opp Dismissal, collect call phone rates, 2012
Brief • March 23, 2012
Filed under: Telephone Rates, Family
Complaint against DTC, MA, Memo of Pet Opp Dismissal, collect call phone rates, 2012
South Carolina Crime Stoppers Snitch Line Scammed
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates
South Carolina Crime Stoppers Snitch Line Scammed by Brandon Sample Most people are familiar with Crime Stoppers, the “snitch line” for individuals with information about crimes. Successful tips can result in benefits to the tipster – which can take the form of cash, leniency with a new case or a …
Prison Phone Rates Under Scrutiny by Louisiana Regulatory Agency
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Prison Phone Rates Under Scrutiny by Louisiana Regulatory Agency by The Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC) is examining the rates for phone calls made by prisoners. To help it in that determination, the PSC has hired outside counsel to analyze rates, review regulations and compare them with other states to …
Private Equity Firms Profit Handsomely from Prison Phone Services
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates
Private Equity Firms Profit Handsomely from Prison Phone Services by The October 2011 sale of Global Tel*Link Corp. (GTL), the nation’s largest prison and jail phone company, demonstrates what a goldmine prison phone services are for the provider side of the market. The sale, reportedly valued at $1 billion, was …
California Criminalizes Cell Phone Smuggling, Seeks Technology to Block Cell Phone Calls from Prisons
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, Cell Phone Access
. The law provides that “a person who possesses with the intent to deliver, or delivers [to prisoners] any cel-lular telephone or other wireless communication device or any component thereof ...” is subject ...
Florida Jail Offers Video Visits to Profiteer More From Prisoner Families
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Filed under: Computers, Telephones, Telephone Rates
Florida Jail Offers Video Visits to Profiteer More From Prisoner Families by A video visitation system has been installed at Florida’s Charlotte County Jail. Using money from the Inmate Welfare Fund, which is derived from profits from the canteen and other services to prisoners, the jail installed a system that …
$370,000 in Annual Phone Revenue at Ohio Jail
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates
ones is actually called “giving.” When asked by the Dayton Daily News about prisoners’ telephone access in Montgomery County, Major Daryl Wilson explained, “We give them as many calls as they need ...
California DOC Officials Enjoy Absolute Immunity From Tort Liability Under Civil Code
Article • September 15, 2011
Filed under: Private Prisons, Marantha Private Corrections, Telephone Rates, Judicial Immunity
), the same contractor that CDCR uses in its prisons. As in its prison contract, Global paid a hefty kickback from excess profits built into its prisoner-only telephone rate. CDCR transfers its Global kickback ...
Texas Prison Phones and Emails Generate Less Revenue Than Expected
Article • August 15, 2011 • from PLN August, 2011
Filed under: Computers, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates
Texas Prison Phones and Emails Generate Less Revenue Than Expected by When the Texas legislature passed SB 1580 in 2007, requiring the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to install phones in state prisons, Texas was the only state that did not allow prisoners to make regular phone calls. Even …
Washington State Regulatory Agency Finds AT&T Failed to Disclose Prison Collect Call Rates
Article • August 15, 2011 • from PLN August, 2011
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Disclosure of Records, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates
is significant because it indicates that AT&T may be held liable for abusive practices associated with the provision of telephone services at Washington State prisons. As reported in PLN’s April 2011 cover story ...
Low Rates in Michigan DOC Phone Contract Demonstrate Actual Cost of Prison Phone Services
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Low Rates in Michigan DOC Phone Contract Demonstrate Actual Cost of Prison Phone Services by Alex Friedmann PLN’s April 2011 cover story detailed the results of our comprehensive multi-year research project on prison phone services, including a state-by-state comparison of prison phone rates, commission (kickback) percentages, and the amounts of …
Nationwide PLN Survey Examines Prison Phone Contracts, Kickbacks
Article • April 15, 2011 • from PLN April, 2011
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Statistics/Trends, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, PLN Litigation
, Wisconsin transferred all its prisoners to a different CCA facility. [See: PLN, March 2004, p.14]. “We find it hard to believe that they would shut down the prison over telephone rates. We had no interest ...
Some Agencies Balk at Releasing Prison Phone Data
Article • April 15, 2011 • from PLN April, 2011
Filed under: Disclosure of Records, Federal Statutory Law, Freedom of Information Act, Telephone Rates
Some Agencies Balk at Releasing Prison Phone Data by Michael Rigby by Mike Rigby It is common knowledge among PLN readers that prison and jail phone rates are priced far above those in the free world. But just how overpriced are they? What is the average kickback (commission) rate provided …
Short-Lived Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Global Tel*Link in California, Then Secretly Settled
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Class Certification, Telephone Rates
Short-Lived Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Global Tel*Link in California, Then Secretly Settled by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim Sick and tired of being gouged by high prison phone rates, Nadia Alvarez and Rachel Fishenfeld, two California residents, filed a consumer class action suit against Global Tel*Link (GTL) in August …
Washington Commission Finds AT&T is Prison Collect Call Provider
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
); and CenturyTel Telephone Utilities, Inc. (CenturyTel), in the Superior Court of Washington for King County. Plaintiffs alleged that between June 1996 and December 31, 2000, they received collect calls from ...
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