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Florida’s Private Prisons Still Lack Meaningful Oversight

Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Contractor Misconduct, Telephones, Telephone Rates

violations, it will train its staff in prison-related operation and management, private prisons will be accountable for performance of their programs, telephone rates will be set comparable to public prisons ...

Illinois Court of Appeals: Prisoner Has Standing to Sue Ameritech for Fraud

Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009

Filed under: Standing, Telephones, Telephone Rates

Illinois Court of Appeals: Prisoner Has Standing to Sue Ameritech for Fraud by On July 1, 2008, an Illinois Court of Appeals held that a prisoner had standing to bring a claim against Ameritech for consumer fraud. Johnnie Flournoy, an Illinois state prisoner at the Joliet Correctional Center, filed suit …

Outrageous phone rates devastate families of prisoners

Article • July 15, 2009

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

with their families and their communities. What's more, because the chance to speak with a loved one is perhaps the most important privilege a prisoner enjoys, officials condition telephone access on a clean prison ...

Report Says New Mexico Prison Phone Companies Still Gouging Families

Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Report Says New Mexico Prison Phone Companies Still Gouging Families by Dave Maass Report Says New Mexico Prison Phone Companies Still Gouging Families by Dave Maass The phone is ringing; you pick it up. An operator announces it’s a collect call – your spouse, sibling, child – from prison. Will …

Indiana Court Denies Challenge to Monopolistic Prison Phone Contracts

Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, Contractor Liability

by families and friends of prisoners who challenged prison telephone contracts as monopolistic and prison phone rates as oppressive. The appellate court held that it was not illegal for the Indiana Department ...

Washington DOC - JPay Contract 2009-2012

Kickback publication • 2009

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

for the facility related to the affected Service, via telephone, paging and confirmatory email or fax. In an Emergency where there is a potential danger of destruction of a material portion of Contractor's Equipment ...

California Class-Action Suit Reinstates $1.5 Million Illegally Siphoned From County Jail Inmate Welfare Fund

Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009

Filed under: Money/Property, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Trust Accounts, Telephone Rates

ordered put in place for five years. Moreover, any kickbacks from telephone companies (estimated at $200,000) were to be paid to the IWF, not to the SCC general fund. Finally, the 21 page settlement ...

$7.5 Million Fine Recommended in Florida Jail Phone Overcharges

Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Telephone Rates

. (TCG) pay $7.5 million for the improper disconnection of jail prisoners’ telephone calls. The recommendation was made in a September 8, 2008 memorandum following an investigation into complaints made ...

Georgia Sheriff Must Give Revenue from Prisoner Phone Calls to County

Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Court of Appeals has held that a sheriff must turn over to the county all revenue from a profit-sharing prisoner telephone contract. The ruling upholds an order of declaratory relief granted to Lincoln ...

Nebraska Appeals Court: Failure to Exhaust Remedies Jurisdictional Defect

Article • December 15, 2008

Filed under: Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Civil Procedure, Administrative Exhaustion, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Telephone Monitoring

-Netix Telephone Company, which operated the prison "calling system." Mumin claimed, among other things, that the monitoring and recording of his "private telephone conversations involving discussions ...

Wright et al v. Securus DC, Plf Alternative Rulemaking Proposal, telephone rates, 2008

Brief • November 19, 2008

Filed under: Telephone Rates

Wright et al v. Securus DC, Plf Alternative Rulemaking Proposal, telephone rates, 2008 2000 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., NW WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006-1888 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP TELEPHONE: 202.887.1500 ...

Nevada Phone Contract Reduces Costs to Prisoners’ Families But Increases State’s Kickback

Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008

Filed under: Telephone Rates, News, State Legislation

Nevada Phone Contract Reduces Costs to Prisoners’ Families But Increases State’s Kickback by David Reutter Nevada Phone Contract Reduces Costs to Prisoners’ Families But Increases State’s Kickback by David M. Reutter A panel headed by Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons has approved a contract that reduces the cost of in-state collect …

NY DOC’s Former 60% Prisoner Phone Call Kickback Scheme Did Not Violate Prisoners’ Families’ Constitutional Rights

Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008

Filed under: Money/Property, Tax Law, Telephone Rates

; (NYDOC) policy of contracting for prisoner collect telephone calls, which resulted in a 60% kickback to NYDOC from the telephone company, did not violate the constitutional rights of the recipients ...

Harris County, Texas Sends 600 Jail Prisoners to Private Pen in Louisiana

Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Private Prisons, Emerald Correctional Management, Overcrowding, Telephone Rates

Harris County, Texas Sends 600 Jail Prisoners to Private Pen in Louisiana by Harris County, Texas Sends 600 Jail Prisoners to Private Pen in Louisiana In December 2007, Harris County, Texas officials announced they were sending an additional 200 jail prisoners – 180 of them women – to a privately-run …

Florida DOC Ends Unofficial Transfer-for-Sale Policy

Article • September 15, 2008 • from PLN September, 2008

Filed under: Transfers, Misconduct/Corruption, DOC/BOP misconduct, Attorney Misconduct, Telephone Rates

reduced the cost of canteen items and collect telephone calls accepted by prisoners’ families and friends. “I didn’t feel the high cost of phone calls for prisoners and their families was proper. I stopped ...

Jail Phone Wiretapping Exempt from California Invasion of Privacy Act, FCA

Article • August 15, 2008

Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Telephone Rates

Jail Phone Wiretapping Exempt from California Invasion of Privacy Act, FCA by California state prisoner David Windham appealed the refusal of a court to suppress jail telephone recordings ...

New York Prison System Phone Kickbacks Upheld; Reversed by Court of Appeals

Article • August 15, 2008

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

New York Prison System Phone Kickbacks Upheld; Reversed by Court of Appeals by A New York Supreme Appellate Court has sidestepped ruling on the merits of a lawsuit claiming that the practice of the New York Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) of receiving a commission from prisoner phone calls was …

Wisconsin County Bans Profiteering in Jail Phone Contracts

Article • July 15, 2008 • from PLN July, 2008

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, State Legislation

contracts for jail telephone services. The ordinance requires that jail phone contracts (1) must not generate revenue to the county and (2) must be awarded to the lowest bidder consistent with public safety ...

Alabama DOC Charges Prisoners Unlawful Fees to Cover Budget Shortfalls

Article • May 15, 2008 • from PLN May, 2008

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Staffing, Money/Property, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Telephone Rates

Alabama DOC Charges Prisoners Unlawful Fees to Cover Budget Shortfalls by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 1, 2007, the Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts released an audit report critical of the funding practices of the state's Department of Corrections (DOC). The DOC operates 19 prisons, 10 …

AT&T Settlement Includes Fines, Reimbursement for Overcharging Recipients of Phone Calls From Washington Prisoners

Article • March 15, 2008 • from PLN March, 2008

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Telephone Rates, Immunity/Liability, Contractor Liability

for Overcharging Recipients of Phone Calls From Washington Prisoners by Michael Rigby Telephone service provider AT&T has agreed to reimburse the families and friends of Washington prisoners who were overcharged ...