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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 ...

Githieya v. Global Tel Link Corp, GA,Order Granting Settlement, Breach of Contract, 2022

Brief • August 30, 2022

Filed under: Telephones, Breach of Contract, Global Tel*Link Corp

of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). 5 14 Case 1:15-cv-00986-AT Document 369 Filed 08/30/22 Page 15 of 25 total value of the relief provided to a class in a settlement agreement. Id. at 774-75. Both ...

Githieya v. Global Tel Link Corp, GA, Judgment, Breach of Contract, 2022

Brief • August 30, 2022

Filed under: Telephones, Breach of Contract, Global Tel*Link Corp

Githieya v. Global Tel Link Corp, GA, Judgment, Breach of Contract, 2022 Case 1:15-cv-00986-AT Document 370 Filed 08/30/22 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION BENSON GITHIEYA, et al., Plaintiff(s), CIVIL ACTION FILE vs. NO. 1:15-cv-986-AT GLOBAL TEL LINK CORP, Defendant(s). JUDGMENT This …

The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Monitoring Online Purchases of Inmates’ Family and Friends

Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022

Filed under: Telephone Monitoring, Securus

on the problem. Earlier this year, Securus received approval for a patent describing a method of “linking controlled-environment facility residents and associated non-resident telephone numbers to ... e ...

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 ...

From the Editor

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

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Censorship

From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright PLN has been reporting on the prison phone industry for at least the past 30 years, from its inception to its current stranglehold on most means of human contact between prisoners and the outside world. This month’s cover story by Alan …

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 ...

Florida Justice Institute-Objections to Form DC6-20001, May 2022

Publication • May 17, 2022

Filed under: Telephones

created to implement the provisions of the amendments to Rule 33-602.205 concerning unmonitored attorney calls. We are concerned that the form was released to the public well after the text of the rule ...

State of Maine-An Act to Prohibit Excessive Telephone Charges in Maine Jails and Prisons, 2022

Publication • April 15, 2022

Filed under: Telephones

State of Maine-An Act to Prohibit Excessive Telephone Charges in Maine Jails and Prisons, 2022 APPROVED CHAPTER APRIL 15, 2022 615 BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW STATE OF MAINE _____ IN THE YEAR OF OUR ...

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 ...

$900,000 Settlement in Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Securus Recorded California Prisoner-Attorney Calls

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

Filed under: Settlements, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring, Class Actions

$900,000 Settlement in Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Securus Recorded California Prisoner-Attorney Calls by David Reutter Company Walks From Similar Case in Maine by David M. Reutter ...

Qualified Immunity Granted in Suit Challenging Policy of “Checking-In” on Nevada Prisoner’s Legal Calls

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

Filed under: Attorney Calls, Electronic Communictions Privacy Act, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified

Qualified Immunity Granted in Suit Challenging Policy of “Checking-In” on Nevada Prisoner’s Legal Calls by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 8, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit refused a request to rehear en banc a decision by a three-judge panel of the Court …

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 ...

Florida Justice Institute-Objections to Proposed Rule 33-602.205, Jan 2022

Publication • January 31, 2022

Filed under: Telephones, Attorney Calls

revisions to Proposed Rule 33-602.205 that were published on December 10, 2021. Specifically, we object to the changes to subsection (3)(a) regarding attorney calls. The changes appear to state ...

USP Thomson-Inmate Bulletin Legal Calls, Jan 2022

Publication • January 3, 2022

Filed under: Attorney Calls, Recorded Calls

; and the inmate is afforded the opportunity to place an occasional unmonitored call to his or her attorney. Based on these provisions, frequent confidential inmate attorney calls should be allowed only when ...

Githieya v. Global Tel Lin, GA, Notice of Filing, Prepaid Phone Account, 2021

Brief • December 14, 2021

Filed under: Telephones

through GTL’s automated telephone system (also called interactivevoice-response or IVR) and (2) had a positive account balance that was reduced to $0.00 due to account inactivity for 180 days or less from ...

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 ...