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HRDC FCC comment re low WV DOC phone rates, AL legal challenges June 2015

Publication • July 8, 2015

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

than what Securus charges for the automated voicemail payments, according to the commission. Payments made by telephone through a live operator will be capped at $5.95 – $4 less than what Securus charges ...

HRDC FCC comment re Securus profits June 2015

Publication • July 8, 2015

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

HRDC FCC comment re Securus profits June 2015 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS June 24, 2015 The Honorable Tom Wheeler, Chairman Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St. S.W. Washington DC 20554 Re: Comment for WC Docket 12-375 Dear Chairman Wheeler: The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) …

New Jersey County Seeks New Jail Phone Contract, Increases Commission Rate

Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

New Jersey County Seeks New Jail Phone Contract, Increases Commission Rate by Derek Gilna New Jersey County Seeks New Jail Phone Contract, Increases Commission Rate by Derek Gilna Officials in Bergen County, New Jersey are seeking bids on a new jail phone contract that will include an increase in the …

James v. GTL, NJ, Def Motion to Compel Arbitration, Telephone Terms of Service, 2015

Brief • June 7, 2015

Filed under: Trust Accounts, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

James v. GTL, NJ, Def Motion to Compel Arbitration, Telephone Terms of Service, 2015 Case 2:13-cv-04989-WJM-MF Document 95 Filed 08/07/15 Page 1 of 2 PageID: 767 GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP 200 Park ...

Feds and Tennessee Officials Investigate Prisoners Using Facebook

Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015

Filed under: Computers, Cell Phone Access

Feds and Tennessee Officials Investigate Prisoners Using Facebook by David Reutter Feds and Tennessee Officials Investigate Prisoners Using Facebook by David Reutter The Bureau of Prisons is investigating two prisoners who were discovered using Facebook to “broadcast live” from a federal facility in Atlanta, where they are serving time on …

Washington DOC - JPay Amendment #4 2015-2018

Kickback publication • 2015

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring

Washington DOC - JPay Amendment #4 2015-2018 State of Washington Department of Corrections This Amendment Contract No. K8262 Amendment No. 4 is made by the state of Washington, Department of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as Department, and JPay, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, for the purpose of amending …

New Jersey, Ohio DOCs Significantly Reduce Phone Rates

Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015

Filed under: Telephone Rates

New Jersey, Ohio DOCs Significantly Reduce Phone Rates by New Jersey, Ohio DOCs Significantly Reduce Phone Rates According to an April 9, 2015 press release issued by New Jersey Advocates for Immigrant Detainees, LatinoJustice PRLDEF and the New York University School of Law Immigrant Rights Clinic, the New Jersey Department …

California Prisoner’s Conviction for Smuggling Tobacco Overturned

Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Cell Phone Access

California Prisoner’s Conviction for Smuggling Tobacco Overturned by Lonnie Burton California Prisoner’s Conviction for Smuggling Tobacco Overturned by Lonnie Burton A California state prisoner convicted of a felony offense for smuggling tobacco into prison has had his conviction reversed by a California appellate court, although a related conviction for smuggling …

McBride v. MDOC, MI, Class Action Complaint, Deaf Inmate Communication, 2015

Brief • March 31, 2015

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Complaints, Americans with Disabilities Act, RLUIPA, Telephone Access, Video Visitation, First Amendment

in religious services; or access telephone and television services. Because Defendants have failed to provide them adequate assistance, Plaintiffs are forced to serve their time largely isolated from, and unable ...

Austin Lawyers Guild et al v. Securus, TX, Order, illegal telephone recording, 2015

Brief • March 23, 2015

Filed under: Evidence, Telephones, Telephone Monitoring

Austin Lawyers Guild et al v. Securus, TX, Order, illegal telephone recording, 2015 Case 1:14-cv-00366-LY Document 62 Filed 03/23/15 Page 1 of 3 J4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ...

VanValkenburg v. Oregon Department of Corrections, OR, Amended Complaint, Hearing Disability Discrimination, 2015

Brief • March 18, 2015

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Education, Americans with Disabilities Act, Telephone Access

made no telephone access available to Mr. VanValkenburg. From the time he was at SRCI forward, defendant has made available TTY machines for deaf or hearing impaired inmates who wish to use the telephone ...

Screening Out Family Time: The For-Profit Video Visitation Industry in Prisons and Jails

Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015

Filed under: Computers, Telephone Access, Visiting, Extended Family Visiting

the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) capped the cost of interstate calls from prisons, these video chats were even cheaper than the telephone. Lisa’s experience is representative of the promise ...

Dialing with Dollars: How County Jails Profit From Immigrant Detainees

Article • February 4, 2015 • from PLN February, 2015

Filed under: Immigration, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

end up paying the same inflated telephone rates charged to their citizen prisoner counterparts, but unlike jail prisoners charged with a crime, immigration detainees don’t have access to court ...

Austin Lawyers Guild et al v. Securus et al, TX, Report and Recommendation, illegal telephone recording, 2015

Brief • February 4, 2015

Filed under: Evidence, Telephones, Telephone Monitoring

’ law enforcement duties. See, e.g., id. at 503–04 (routine monitoring of inmate-attorney calls was unwarranted). See also, e.g., Garza v. Bexar Metro. Water Dist., 639 F. Supp. 2d 770, 772–75 (W.D. Tex ...

HRDC FCC reply comment for Second FNPRM Jan 2015

Publication • January 27, 2015

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

the evidence in the record makes it even clearer that the time has come to cap the cost of all prison and jail telephone calls in the range of $.05 to $.07 per minute, and to ban ICS site commissions ...

HRDC letter in support of CA Assembly Bill 1876 March 2014

Publication • January 16, 2015

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

Bill 1876 which would prohibit a county jail from accepting a "commission" or other form of payment or kickback from a telephone company as an incentive to enter into a contract for the provision ...

HRDC FCC comment for Second FNPRM Jan 2015

Publication • January 13, 2015

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

. Prior to the commission model of ICS contracts, prisons and jails were perfectly capable of providing telephone access to prisoners, as well as rehabilitative services, without phone rates inflated ...

Los Angeles County Jail Exploits Prisoners, Families with High Phone Costs

Article • December 3, 2014 • from PLN December, 2014

Filed under: Telephone Rates

Los Angeles County Jail Exploits Prisoners, Families with High Phone Costs by Los Angeles County Jail Exploits Prisoners, Families with High Phone Costs by Derek Gilna Officials with Los Angeles County’s jail system have been criticized by County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky for exploiting prisoners and their families by charging excessive …

FCC order and further notice of proposed rulemaking on inmate phone services Sept. 2013

Publication • December 2, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

, 2012) (including 36,690 public comments “supporting imposition of price caps on correctional facility telephone rates”). 3 The Center on the Admin. of Criminal Law 2013 Comments at 10 (citing Nancy G ...

Tchatat v. City of New York et al, NY, Order, police photo telephone discovery, 2014

Brief • November 10, 2014

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Police Searches, Discovery, Telephones, Property

Tchatat v. City of New York et al, NY, Order, police photo telephone discovery, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-02385-LGS Document 151 Filed 11/10/14 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT ...