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Prison Legal News Interviews CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou - Full Interview

Article • March 29, 2017

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Interviews, Whistleblowing, Prison Industries, Totality of Conditions, Education, Terrorism, CIA, Telephone Access, Death Penalty, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Visiting, PLN related

Prison Legal News Interviews CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou - Full Interview by   Note: This is the full PLN interview with John Kiriakou; a shorter version was published as our April 2017 cover story, here. John Kiriakou is a former CIA officer, former senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee …

HRDC letter in support of Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act - March 2017

Publication • March 29, 2017

Filed under: Federal Statutory Law, Telephone Rates, Video Visitation, HRDC Publications

HRDC letter in support of Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act - March 2017 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS March 29, 2017 SENT VIA EMAIL ONLY Senator Cory A. Booker United States Senate 359 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 RE: Support for the Dignity for …

U.S. Congress - Ellison-Rush FCC Prison Phone Rate Cap Letter, 2017

Publication • March 16, 2017

Filed under: Telephone Rates

U.S. Congress - Ellison-Rush FCC Prison Phone Rate Cap Letter, 2017 Qtnugrcez of liFt lIlnilcb ~lalca 3lNas1~htgtnn, 9DGt 20515 February 16, 2017 The Honorable Ajit Pai Chairman Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, SW Washington, DC 20554 Dear Chairman Pai: We write to express our disappointment with the decision made …

Wright Petitioners - Ex Parte Notice, Meeting with FCC, 2017

Publication • March 10, 2017

Filed under: Telephone Rates

by the answering party. The announcement shall also include the statement: "All telephone calls will be recorded except attorney calls." The Contractor shall allow for the Department to have the ability ...

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Kickback publication • March 6, 2017

Filed under: Telephone Rates

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Hood v. Global Tel Link, MS, Complaint, Bribery and Conspiracy, 2017

Brief • February 8, 2017

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Attorneys General, Telephone Rates

for United States vs. William Martin). 2. During this time Defendant GTL, the largest provider of inmate telephone, communications and payment systems in the United States, paid hundreds of thousands ...

Congressional Letter to Acting General Counsel, Congress of the United States, 2017

Publication • February 6, 2017

Filed under: Prison Reform, Criminal justice system reform, Prisoner Privileges, Telephone Rates

..'We d 1·ooidiviom. For over tl1e past decade, we have urged the FCC to develop market-based solutions to curb these prohibitively high rates (e.g., Family Telephone Connection Prot ection Act, first ...

Osegueda v. Stanislaus County Public Safety Center, CA, Amended Complaint, Solitary Conditions and Classification, 2017

Brief • February 5, 2017

Filed under: Classification, Gang Policies, Shootings, Grenades, Telephone Access, Ad-Seg Hearings, Mental Health

. 1202 H Street, Suite A Modesto, CA 95354 Telephone: (209) 857-8608 LOREN L. LUNSFORD, ESQ. ( CSB No. 213966) THE LUNSFORD LAW FIRM 980 Ninth Street, 16th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 575 ...

Securus Phone Rates Spark Uprising at Alaska Prison

Article • January 10, 2017 • from PLN January, 2017

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Prison Rebellion, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Securus Phone Rates Spark Uprising at Alaska Prison by Joe Watson A riot at an Alaska prison “kind of blew up” because, according to prisoners, the phone service provided by Securus was shoddy and the company charged unreasonable rates. Sparked by a widespread disconnection of phone calls one Monday night …

Jail Official Convicted of Illegally Recording Phone Conversations Loses Appeal

Article • January 10, 2017 • from PLN January, 2017

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Jail Misconduct, Telephone Monitoring, Guard Unions

Jail Official Convicted of Illegally Recording Phone Conversations Loses Appeal by Christopher Zoukis A former high-ranking official at a New Jersey county jail, convicted on federal charges for illegally listening to and recording the private phone conversations of jail union leaders, has lost his appeal and will remain in federal …

Solidarity in Action, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, 2017

Publication • January 1, 2017

Filed under: Telephone Access, Visiting, Extended Family Visiting

need to communicate mostly via outdated telephones, or you may have to speak loudly through holes in the Plexiglas. Be aware of any concerns 12 you or the person you are visiting may have with hearing ...

Chicago PD police spying stingray use IMSI Freddy Martinez, of Lucy Parsons Labs

Publication • December 30, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Police Searches, Electronic Monitoring, Telephone Monitoring, Police

Chicago PD police spying stingray use IMSI Freddy Martinez, of Lucy Parsons Labs l)JVISI()l\1 2 TO: zrc:d Cr F'ROM; �Jarnes R.. V"Vasf1bur1"J Ser.(;3eant njzed Crime Division 1505 Fund Purchase Request Harris "King Fish" Cellular Tracking T�e R is requesting the purchase of the Harris . �King Attached to this report …

Report Finds Criminal Justice System Financially Overburdens Prisoners and Their Families

Article • December 28, 2016

Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Prison Reform, Statistics/Trends, Cost of Prison Systems, Attorney Fees (PLRA), Filing Fees (PLRA), Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Release and Reentry, Indigent Defense, Filing Fees, Collateral consequences of prison, Bond Fees, Booking Fees, Commissary, Telephone Rates, Family, Racial Profiling

Report Finds Criminal Justice System Financially Overburdens Prisoners and Their Families by Christopher Zoukis The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, a nonprofit focused on racial and economic policy, in conjunction with Forward Together and a dozen other community and civil rights organizations recently released a study which surveyed hardships …

Photo of Prisoner Beaten by Georgia Gang Members Posted Online

Article • December 8, 2016 • from PLN December, 2016

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Retaliation for Media Contact, Retaliatory Transfers, Prison Gangs, Failure to Protect (General), Cell Phone Access, Photos, Media, Internet, Juveniles, Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Juvenile Prisons

Photo of Prisoner Beaten by Georgia Gang Members Posted Online by Prisons are designed to be closed institutions, cut off from the rest of the world. Contraband cell phones, however, are opening them up and exposing the reality of what happens behind the walls. When Demetria Harris saw a photo …

How Chicago Police Convinced Courts to Let Them Track Cellphones Without a Warrant

Article • November 22, 2016

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Police Searches, Telephones, Telephone Monitoring, Police, Arrest Warrants

in the form of a digital analyzer.” In identical footnotes in each case, a digital analyzer is depicted as nothing more than a simple antenna that detects “signals emitted by the target telephone ...

PayTel v. FCC, DC, Petition for Review, Interstate ICS Rates, 2016

Brief • November 10, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

(27601) Post Office Box 1800 Raleigh, NC 27602 Telephone: (919) 839-0300 Facsimile: (919) 839-0304 Counselfor Petitioner Pay Tel Communications, Inc. November 9, 2016 335783 - 2 - FOR D$TCT ...

Centurylink v. FCC, DC, Petition for Review of FCC Order In re Interstate ICS Rates, 2016

Brief • November 10, 2016

Filed under: Federal Statutory Law, Telephones, Telephone Access

(incorporating relevant comments, reply comments, and ex pane filings from the prior ICS docket, CC Docket No. 96-128, into WC Docket No. 12-3 75); Implementation of the Pay Telephone Reclassjjlcation ...

Securus v. FCC, DC, Order Granting Stay, ICS Rates, 2016

Brief • November 2, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, Cell Phone Access

Securus v. FCC, DC, Order Granting Stay, ICS Rates, 2016 USCA Case #16-1321 Document #1644302 Filed: 11/02/2016 Page 1 of 2 United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT ____________ No. 16-1321 September Term, 2016 FCC-81FR62818 Filed On: November 2, 2016 Securus Technologies, Inc., Petitioner v. Federal …

Video Visitation Companies Try to Stop In-Person Visitation at Texas Jails

Article • November 1, 2016

Filed under: Jail Specific, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Privacy Act, Telephone Monitoring, Video Visitation, Family, Fathers in Prison, Mothers in Prison, Children of Prisoners

Video Visitation Companies Try to Stop In-Person Visitation at Texas Jails by Matthew Clarke In one of the latest attempts to squeeze money out of those least able to afford it, companies that specialize in providing phone and video visitation services to prisoners in Texas jails on a local monopolistic …

Wisconsin Jail Policies Unconstitutional But Not Enjoined

Article • November 1, 2016

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Notice of Rules, Legality of Rules, Witnesses (Disciplinary Hearings), Hearing Officers, Notice of Charges, Notice of Hearing, Jail Specific, Telephones, Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, Due Process, Censorship

, and telephone procedures were unconstitutional. On January 17, 1973, the district court issued an opinion holding that all but the MCJ telephone policies were unconstitutional. First, the court found ...