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Telecoms Exploiting Legal Loopholes to Price Gouge Prisoners and Their Families

Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023

Filed under: Telephone Rates, Private Phone Contractors, Securus, Global Tel*Link Corp

Telecoms Exploiting Legal Loopholes to Price Gouge Prisoners and Their Families by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett According to a report published by the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) on December 15, 2022, for-profit telecom companies are using loopholes in the law to price-gouge prisoners and their families on the cost …

California Makes Calls Free for State Prisoners and Juvenile Detainees, Prohibits Telecom Kickbacks to Prisons and Jails

Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023

Filed under: Telephone Rates, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders, Kickback Scheme

California Makes Calls Free for State Prisoners and Juvenile Detainees, Prohibits Telecom Kickbacks to Prisons and Jails by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On September 29, 2022, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed S.B. 1008 into law, barring government agencies in the state from collecting any part of the revenue …

FTC-Unfair of Deceptive Fees ANPR, Feb. 2023

Publication • February 8, 2023

Filed under: Money/Property, Telephone Rates

Fed. Comm’cns Comm’n, “Telephone Service for Incarcerated Individuals” (Dec. 20, 2022), available at https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telephone-service-incarcerated-individuals; see also Wagner ...

Linear v. Securus Technologies Dba Jpay LLC, WA, Statement of Claims, Unfair Charges, 2022

Brief • December 30, 2022

Filed under: JPay, Inc., Telephone Rates

By: s/ Roger Townsend Roger M. Townsend, WSBA # 25525 Mynor R. Lopez, WSBA #59918 1000 Second Avenue, Suite 3670 Seattle, WA 98104 (206) 652-8660 Telephone (206) 652-8290 Facsimile bdonckers@bjtlegal.com ...

Maine Caps Price of Phone Calls in State Prisons and Jails

Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022

Filed under: Telephone Rates

free weekly minutes for attorney calls and 30 more minutes for other calls, anytime their account balance falls below ten dollars. Randall Liberty, DOC’s ironically named commissioner, said ...

Prison Phone Rights- Testimony of Paul Wright-Sept. 2022

Publication • September 19, 2022

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, Telephone Monitoring

“stands as a 9 sharp contrast to traditional voice-only calling services, where the return on correctional facility 10 investments is largely limited to the cost and reliability of telephone calls ...

Indiana Caps Phone Rates in State Prisons and Jails

Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022

Filed under: Telephone Rates

Indiana Caps Phone Rates in State Prisons and Jails by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye On July 1, 2022, a new Indiana law took effect that caps the price charged for phone calls in state prisons and jails. With the change, those held by the state Department of Corrections …

California Court Sides With Securus in Challenge to CDCR Contract, Dealing Only Temporary Setback to GTL

Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022

Filed under: Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Telephone Rates, Securus, Global Tel*Link Corp

to exceed it for video calls and international telephone calls. In this way, Respondents granted GTL an unfair advantage the California law proscribes.” As the Court determined that a writ of mandate ...

Mission Creep: Prison Telecoms Scramble to Extend Their Reach

Article • July 13, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022

Filed under: Telephone Rates, Global Tel*Link Corp

to use the telephone. Flat rate calling has long been the norm in the phone industry that does not rely on exploiting prisoners yet prison telecoms tell the public, regulators and legislators that charging ...

Prison Phone Giant GTL Cuts Prices in Miami-Dade Jails, But Only After County Taps COVID-19 Relief Funds to Replace Forfeited Kickbacks

Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022

Filed under: COVID-19, Telephone Rates, Global Tel*Link Corp

of incarceration to those who were caged and their families, and prison telecom companies entered the scene. Levine Cava says the county is exploring options to provide free telephone calls to prisoners in its jails ...

Prison Telecom Giant GTL Agrees to $67 Million Settlement in Class-Action Over Inactive Account Seizure Policy

Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022

Filed under: Settlements, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Telephone Rates, Global Tel*Link Corp

to ViaPath Technologies on January 4, 2022, provides telephone service to prisoners in almost 2,000 prisons and jails spanning all 50 states, holding a monopoly in most, just as its major competitors do. [See ...

Suit by HRDC Alleging GTL and Securus Violated Sherman Anti-Trust Act Survives Motion to Dismiss

Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022

Filed under: Telephone Rates, Antitrust Offenses, HRDC Litigation, Securus, Global Tel*Link Corp

) alleging a price-fixing and kickback scheme by prison telephone service providers Global Tel*Link Corp. (now known as ViaPath), Securus Technologies, LLC, and 3Cinteractive Corp. (3Ci), survived a motion ...

Githieya v. GTL, GA, Class Action Settlement, Prepaid Telephone Account, 2021

Brief • December 6, 2021

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Githieya v. GTL, GA, Class Action Settlement, Prepaid Telephone Account, 2021 Case 1:15-cv-00986-AT Document 326-1 Filed 12/06/21 Page 1 of 81 Exhibit 1 Settlement Agreement Case 1:15-cv-00986 ...

Githieya v. GTL, GA, Declaration of Michael Caplan, Prepaid Telephone Account, 2021

Brief • December 6, 2021

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Githieya v. GTL, GA, Declaration of Michael Caplan, Prepaid Telephone Account, 2021 Case 1:15-cv-00986-AT Document 326-2 Filed 12/06/21 Page 1 of 28 Exhibit 2 Declaration of Michael A. Caplan Case ...

Githieya v. GTL, GA, Declaration of Tiffany Janowicz, Prepaid Telephone Account, 2021

Brief • December 6, 2021

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Githieya v. GTL, GA, Declaration of Tiffany Janowicz, Prepaid Telephone Account, 2021 Case 1:15-cv-00986-AT Document 326-3 Filed 12/06/21 Page 1 of 57 Exhibit 3 Declaration of Tiffaney Janowicz ...

Githieya v. GTL, GA, Order Approving Class Action Settlement, Prepaid Telephone Accounts, 2021

Brief • December 6, 2021

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Githieya v. GTL, GA, Order Approving Class Action Settlement, Prepaid Telephone Accounts, 2021 Case 1:15-cv-00986-AT Document 326 Filed 12/06/21 Page 1 of 50 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ...

Githieya v. GTL, GA, Proposed Order Approving Settlement, Prepaid Telephone Accounts, 2021

Brief • December 6, 2021

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Githieya v. GTL, GA, Proposed Order Approving Settlement, Prepaid Telephone Accounts, 2021 Case 1:15-cv-00986-AT Document 326-4 Filed 12/06/21 Page 1 of 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN ...

All Massachusetts Jails to Provide Prisoners Ten Free Minutes of Phone Calls Per Week and Cap Charges on Additional Minutes at 14 Cents

Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021

Filed under: Telephone Rates

by State Senator Cynthia Creem and Representative Chynah Tyler, which would require the provision of free telephone calls to people incarcerated in the state’s jails and prisons. In promoting the bill ...

Louisville Jail Moves to Have Free Phone Calls for Prisoners by First of the Year

Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021

Filed under: Telephone Rates

from telephone kickbacks for the year 2021. The city plans to use the better revenue forecasts and federal American Rescue Act funds” to cover half that revenue ($350,000) and take some pressure ...

FCC Order Re Reply Comments for Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, 2021

Brief • October 15, 2021

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

FCC Order Re Reply Comments for Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, 2021 Federal Communications Commission DA 21-1297 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services ) ) ) WC Docket No. 12-375 ORDER Adopted: October 15, 2021 Released: October …