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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 …

Smart Communications v. GTL, PA, Complaint, Antitrust Violations, 2021

Brief • October 6, 2021

Filed under: Telephone Rates, Antitrust Offenses, Bid-Rigging, Price-Fixing, etc.

must spend money to pay for collect telephone calls—both intrastate and interstate— initiated by YCP inmates. V. INDUSTRY BACKGROUND 18. Correctional facilities in the United States have traditionally ...

California Slashes High Call Rates in Prisons and Jails

Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021

Filed under: Telephone Rates

California Slashes High Call Rates in Prisons and Jails by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On the heels of a May 2021 decision by federal regulators that sharply lowered rates prisoners and their loved ones pay for interstate calls, the California Public Utilities Commission (CAPUC) adopted a rule on August …

Albert v. GTL, MD, Order, Price-Fixing, 2021

Brief • September 30, 2021

Filed under: Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Bid-Rigging, Price-Fixing, etc.

Defendants GTL and Securus are providers of telephone calling services for inmates, and these defendants are headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, and Carrollton, Texas, respectively. Id. at ¶¶ 30, 32 ...

California Public Utilities Commission, Admin Law Judge Ruling Compelling Production of Documents, Inmate Telephone Rates, 2021

Brief • September 13, 2021

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

California Public Utilities Commission, Admin Law Judge Ruling Compelling Production of Documents, Inmate Telephone Rates, 2021 MGA/CF1/mef 9/13/2021 FILED 09/13/21 12:14 PM BEFORE THE PUBLIC ...

Securus Technologies, LLC v. California Dept of Technology, CA, Reply Brief, Inmate Phone Calls, 2021

Brief • September 10, 2021

Filed under: Telephone Rates

- it only meant one 4 rate for domestic telephone calls. No amount of discretion gives the State the ability to change the 5 meaning of the term “rates” and “calls” in the RFP’s NTE rates cap section ...

Securus Technologies, LLC v. California Dept of Technology, CA, Reply Brief, Inmate Phone Calls, 2021 (1)

Brief • September 10, 2021

Filed under: Telephone Rates

- it only meant one 4 rate for domestic telephone calls. No amount of discretion gives the State the ability to change the 5 meaning of the term “rates” and “calls” in the RFP’s NTE rates cap section ...

Securus Technologies, LLC v. California Dept of Technology, CA, Opening Brief, Inmate Phone Calls, 2021

Brief • September 10, 2021

Filed under: Telephone Rates

with the 25 NTE for video calls and the anticipated increase in video calling utilization that will follow 26 once the State implements video calling full time, GTL was able to reduce its other telephone 27 ...