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Entire Texas Prison System Locked Down to Search for Phones; Prison Cell Phone Problem is Pandemic

Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Prison/Common Area Searches, Criminal Prosecution, Lockdowns, Telephone Access, Death Row, State Legislation

prisoners regular access to telephones so they can call their families. Although the state has signed a contract to have phones installed at all TDCJ facilities, the installation is not expected ...

Texas Awards Prison Phone Contract

Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, State Legislation

Texas Awards Prison Phone Contract by Matthew Clarke On August 14, 2008, the Texas Board of Criminal Justice (TBCJ) awarded a phone service contract to two companies, Kansas-based Embarq Corp. and Dallas-based Securus Technologies, Inc. Prior to this historic event, the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) was the only …

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 …

Authorities Listen in on Attorney-Client Calls at Jails in FL, CA and TX

Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008

Filed under: Criminal Prosecution, Telephones, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring

Department claimed the attorney calls had been recorded due to an “inadvertent glitch” in the phone system, according to the Union Tribune. The system was not supposed to record calls placed to phone numbers ...

Texas Last State in Union to Get Prison Phones

Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007

Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Victims, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, State Legislation

prisoner telephones in state prisons. State Senator Letica Van de Putte filed SD 1580, authorizing the phones, which took effect Nay 15, 2007. State Representatives Terri Hodge (D-Dallas) and Pat Haggerty (R ...

Texas Prisoner Gets 40 Years For Cellphone; Guards Get Probation

Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Crime, Telephone Access

Texas Prisoner Gets 40 Years For Cellphone; Guards Get Probation by Michael Rigby In April 2006 a Texas prisoner was sentenced to 40 years in prison for possessing a contraband cell phone--8 years more than the 32-year sentence he was already serving for auto theft. The sentence, the longest anyone …

Survivors of Texas Jail Suicidee Win $516,000 Against Phone Provider

Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006

Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Costs, Telephone Access, Municipal Liability, Product Liability, Mental Health, Suicides

Survivors of Texas Jail Suicidee Win $516,000 Against Phone Provider by Matthew T. Clarke The mother and son of a prisoner who committed suicide by hanging himself from a telephone in his ...

Texas Extends 6th Amendment Right to Prisoners: Confidential Attorney Calls Allowed

Article • November 15, 2002 • from PLN November, 2002

Filed under: Attorney Client, Telephones, Attorney Calls

Texas Extends 6th Amendment Right to Prisoners: Confidential Attorney Calls Allowed by On December 14, 2001, Texas finally released its stranglehold on the right to confidential phone calls ...

Phone Activist Seeks Info

Article • September 15, 1996 • from PLN September, 1996

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

in her cell for the night, but calls were also made during daytime and nighttime cell counts. Although they were on my telephone bills, they were not (could not have been) placed by my friend nor received ...

TX Phone Contract with Embarq 2008

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

OF OFFEROR:~ Embarq Payphone Services, Inc 9300 Metcalf Ave Overland Park, KS 66212 11. TELEPHONE NO. (Include area code) 12. SIGNATURE DATE April 30. 2008 May 2. 2008 10. NAME AND TITLE OF PERSON ...

TX Phone Kickbacks 2004-2008

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Filed under: Telephones

TX Phone Kickbacks 2004-2008 INMATE PHONE REVENUE SUMMARY MONTH LOCAL ========= ============= Jan $254,318.29 Feb $251,484.39 Mar $204,363.69 Apr $288,945.00 May $359,930.90 Jun $243,515.71 Jul $102,344.00 Aug $291,471.53 Sep $324,009.88 Oct $239,980.81 Nov $205,932.69 Dec $220,005.75 --------------------Total $2,986,302.64 Average $248,858.55 04 05 LONG DIS TOTAL LOCAL LONG DIS =========== ============ …

2012 Texas Commission Data w/breakdown

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Filed under: Telephones

2012 Texas Commission Data w/breakdown

TX Phone Contract with Embarq-CenturyLink 2008-2015 with Modifications 1-7

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Anril 25, 2008 9. NAME AND ADDRESS OF OFFEROR:~ Embarq Pay phone Services, Inc 9300 Metcalf Ave Overland Park, KS 66212 11. TELEPHONE NO. (Include area code) 12. SIGNATURE OATE April 30. 2008 May 2 ...

TX Phone Kickbacks 2009-2012

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Filed under: Telephones

: Open Records Request dated August 28, 2012 regarding calling rates, commissions, and commission audits for the Offender Telephone System (OTS) contract. Dear Ms. Motel: In response to your Open Records ...

Texas 2012 Commission Data IV

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Filed under: Telephones

Texas 2012 Commission Data IV FY 12 Phone YTD Commission $6,760,593.15

TX Phone Rates from 2008 Contract

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

TX Phone Rates from 2008 Contract 696-IT-9-15-C0069 Offender Telephone System 7. 8.2.1 Section A The contracted rates have been incorporated into Section B.2.1 (Pricing Schedules) Standard ...