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Securus Technologies, LLC v. California Dept of Technology, CA, Petition for Writ of Mandate, Inmate Phone Calls, 2021
Brief • September 10, 2021
Filed under: Telephone Rates
state inmates with improved telecommunications, including domestic and international telephone calling as well as calling by video. Page 1 of 10 In August 2020, Respondents solicited bids by way ...
FCC Takes Further Action on Prison and Jail Phone Rates
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: Telephone Rates
FCC Takes Further Action on Prison and Jail Phone Rates by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A review of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) report and adopted order on rates for interstate inmate calling services (ICS), released May 24, 2021. When this rule takes effect—90days after its release—ICS interstate call …
HRDC Sues Illinois DOC Under FOIA, Again, for GTL Contract Details
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: Telephone Rates, PLN Litigation, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
HRDC Sues Illinois DOC Under FOIA, Again, for GTL Contract Details by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On August 18, 2021, a lawsuit was filed in the circuit court for Cook County in Chicago, Illinois by the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the publisher of Prison Legal News (PLN) and …
San Diego Jail Approves Free Phone and Video Calls
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
Filed under: Telephone Rates, Video Visitation
San Diego Jail Approves Free Phone and Video Calls by The County of San Diego Board of Supervisors (Board) voted unanimously February 27, 2021 to stop charging prisoners and detainees in county jails and juvenile detention centers for phone calls. The initiative called for the Board to develop a plan …
DECISION ADOPTING INTERIM RATE RELIEF FOR INCARCERATED PERSON’S CALLING SERVICES
Publication • August 25, 2021
Filed under: Telephone Rates
the imposition of any other type of ancillary fee or service fee not explicitly approved in this decision. This decision applies to all telephone corporations providing intrastate IPCS in the State of California ...
Connecticut Makes All Prison Communications Free, Makes History
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Connecticut Makes All Prison Communications Free, Makes History by Daniel A. Rosen Connecticut made history on June 16, 2020, when Governor Lamont signed Senate Bill 972, making the state the first in the country where prison phone calls will be free for all prisoners and their families, including incarcerated youth. …
Iowa Jails Lower Phone Rates But Not Far Enough
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Filed under: Telephone Rates
county,’’ HRDC said in a September 19, 2019, letter commenting on Utility Board questions. ‘‘There is no reason to allow a telephone company to exert such radical price ...
Illinois DOC - Securus Contract Renewal 2021-2022
Kickback publication • July 1, 2021
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring
Illinois DOC - Securus Contract Renewal 2021-2022 ϭ͘ DESCRIPTION OF CONTRACT BEING RENEWED: The Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology and Securus Technologies, >> are renewing Contract # CIT9331500 for phone services for the Department of Corrections, Department of Juvenile Justice and the Department of Human Services incarcerated persons and …
Sonoma County Jail Inmate Telephone and Commissary - Grand Jury Report 2020-2021
Brief • 2021
Filed under: Telephone Rates
of Incarcerated Telephone Access The Sheriff’s Office’s IWT revenue comes mainly from two sources: adding convenience storelevel mark-ups to commissary items, and the jail phone contract commissions. Incarcerated ...
FCC Public Notice Seeking Comment on Third Mandatory Data Collection for Inmate Calling Services, 2021
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Telephone Rates
minutes, average daily population, number of telephones installed, and the number of kiosks installed. Are there other types of data that would provide a more accurate picture of demand such See, e.g ...
California Public Utilities Commission - Ruling Denying PPI Motion to Compel GTL to Respond to Data Requests 4-27-21
Brief • April 27, 2021
Filed under: Telephone Rates
California Public Utilities Commission - Ruling Denying PPI Motion to Compel GTL to Respond to Data Requests 4-27-21 ALJ/CF1/smt 4/27/2021 FILED 04/27/21 11:52 AM BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Order Instituting Rulemaking to Consider Regulating Telecommunications Services Used by Incarcerated People. Rulemaking 20-10-002 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW …
Michigan Begins Video Visits During Coronavirus Pandemic
Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19, Telephone Rates, Video Visitation
Michigan Begins Video Visits During Coronavirus Pandemic by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Over six months after concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic halted in-person visitation at Michigan state prisons in March 2020, the state Department of Corrections (DOC) launched a pilot program of video visitation on October 9 to …
Comments of Prison Policy Initiative Before the Iowa Utilities Board 03-18-2021
Brief • March 18, 2021
Filed under: Telephone Access, Telephone Rates
THE IOWA UTILITIES BOARD IN RE INQUIRY INTO REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR ALTERNATIVE OPERATOR SERVICES COMPANIES DOCKET NO. NOI-2019-0001 IN RE RELIANCE TELEPHONE OF GRAND FORKS, INC. DOCKET NO. TF-2019 ...
Securus Technologies, LLC, v. California Dept of Technology, CA, Writ of Mandate, Inmate Phone Calls, 2021
Brief • February 11, 2021
Filed under: Telephone Rates
name, address, and numbe Nancy Graddy First Legal Support 1814 "I" Street Sacramento, CA 95814 916 444-5111 Receptionist Si nature: · Name of Service Deputy, section, and telephone number: NOTES ...
Federal Judge in Georgia Grants Class Action Status to Prisoners’ Suit Against Global Tel*Link
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Class Certification, Telephone Rates, Contractor Liability
Federal Judge in Georgia Grants Class Action Status to Prisoners’ Suit Against Global Tel*Link by Monday, November 30, 2020, was a big day for a group of Georgia prisoners suing their phone service provider, Global Tel*Link (GTL), over the company’s allegedly hidden policy of confiscating any unused funds in their …
Global Tel*Link Hit with Sanctions For Discovery Violations in Georgia Prison Call Class Action
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Discovery, Telephone Rates, Contractor Liability
wished to communicate by telephone with an incarcerated person to first deposit money in a GTL account, from which the cost of each call was deducted. However, as noted by the judge in the Georgia ...
NBA Owner Capitalizes on Mass Incarceration; Players Silent
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: JPay, Inc., Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Telephone Rates
billion under management. One of the companies in Platinum Equity’s portfolio is Aventiv, one of the largest companies providing telephone and money transfer services to prisoners. Operating under ...
Cost of Communicating with Prisoners Breaking Family Budgets During Pandemic
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Telephone Rates
Cost of Communicating with Prisoners Breaking Family Budgets During Pandemic by David Reutter by David M. Reutter For those with loved ones in prisons, the coronavirus pandemic has increased the desire for communication to ensure the well-being of the imprisoned. The exorbitant cost of such calls is straining already-stretched budgets. …
Federal Judge Approves $25 Million Class Action Settlement Against Global Tel*Link
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: Private Prisons, Telephone Rates, Class Actions
telephone calls through the company from New Jersey prisoners before June 2010 or in Essex County, N.J., before June 2011, would be able to file claims. GTL also had been heavily criticized for requiring ...
Massachusetts Jail Phone Cost Reductions Under Attack
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Evangelidis’ jail holds mental health, education, substance abuse and music programs. These programs are funded through telephone revenue “commissions” paid to Cocchi by ICSolutions ...
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