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Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015

Filed under: Telephone Rates

, they will be issuing rules regulating all prison and jail telephone calls, including setting rate caps for debit and prepaid calls of $.11 per minute at prisons and $.14 to $.22 per minute at jails, plus banning most ...

Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders Files “Justice is Not for Sale Act”

Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015

Filed under: Private Prisons, Parole, Money/Property, Immigration, Telephone Rates

of inmate telephone and video service” that include rate caps and limits on ancillary fees, and that prohibit or restrict “the payment of commissions by providers of inmate telephone and video ...

Prisoner’s Right to Counsel Violated by Eavesdropping on Attorney Phone Calls

Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015

Filed under: Attorney Client, Attorney Calls

Prisoner’s Right to Counsel Violated by Eavesdropping on Attorney Phone Calls by Christopher Zoukis Prisoner’s Right to Counsel Violated by Eavesdropping on Attorney Phone Calls by Christopher Zoukis Charges against a Washington man awaiting trial on felony drug and stolen property charges were dropped by a Yakima County Superior Court …

From HRDC executive director Paul Wright, October 23, 2015, FCC Caps the Cost of Prison Phone Calls

Article • October 23, 2015

Filed under: Telephone Rates, PLN related

and bottom lines. Most of the reforms will go into effect within 90 days of publication in the Federal Register. We anticipate litigation by the hedge fund-owned prison telephone companies and efforts to evade ...

Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Letter to FCC, Prison Phone Reform Supporters, 2015

Publication • October 22, 2015

Filed under: Telephone Rates

costs, and are unnecessary. Congress has given the FCC special authority to address telephone rates in incarcerating institutions and it should use that authority to cap in-state prison phone call rates ...

Prisoner Phone Service Providers Cannot Block Call Routing Service Calls

Article • October 14, 2015

Filed under: Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

of telephone calls is antithetical to its fundamental goal of making available “rapid, efficient, Nation-wide and world-wide wire radio communications services with adequate facilities.” Current ...

FCC Fact Sheet: Ensuring Just Reasonable Fair Rates for Inmate Calling

Publication • September 30, 2015

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

, and fair, and penalizes callers who stay on the phone less than 15 minutes. Ensures access for people with disabilities o Requires providers to offer discounted rates for telephone relay service (TRS) calls ...

Mississippi Indictments Illustrate Prison Phone Corruption

Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Telephone Rates

prison phone service provider, received from the company “five (5) percent of all revenue generated by the inmate telephone services contracts it had with the state of Mississippi.” In turn ...

Cell Phones Confiscated from Prisoners Given to Charities

Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015

Filed under: Prisoner Property, Cell Phone Access

Cell Phones Confiscated from Prisoners Given to Charities by Christopher Zoukis Cell Phones Confiscated from Prisoners Given to Charities by Christopher Zoukis Thousands of cell phones seized from prisoners nationwide have been donated to charitable causes, including domestic violence programs and Cell Phones for Soldiers. Cell phones are considered contraband …

USA v. Hinley et al, GA, Indictment, inmate guard smuggling scheme, 2015

Brief • September 22, 2015

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Cell Phone Access

and using cellular telephones to further their criminal activities while incarcerated. Cellular telephones pose a significant risk to institutional safety and security as well as public safety. Among other ...

USA v. Morris et al, GA, Indictment, inmate guard smuggling scheme, 2015

Brief • September 22, 2015

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Cell Phone Access, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

for overseeing the operations of state prisons. Approximately 60,000 inmates are incarcerated in state prison facilities. 2. Increasingly, GDOC inmates obtain and use cellular telephones to further ...

New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Retains High Phone Rates for County Jails

Article • September 21, 2015

Filed under: Telephone Rates

called for a cap, similar to New York’s rate of no more than $0.05 per minute, on intrastate collect telephone calls for New Jersey prisoners in county jails and state prisons. The Board noted ...

Another Kind of Isolation - The Bureau of Prisons tightens the rules at its secretive “Communication Management Units.”

Article • September 16, 2015

Filed under: Telephone Access, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

Another Kind of Isolation - The Bureau of Prisons tightens the rules at its secretive “Communication Management Units.” by Christie Thompson Another Kind of Isolation The Bureau of Prisons tightens the rules at its secretive “Communication Management Units.” By Christie Thompson In 2006 and 2008, the Bureau of Prisons quietly …

GA , Inmate Telephone Service RFP - Securus & GTL, Signing Bonuses 2015

Publication • September 11, 2015

Filed under: Telephone Rates

callers over lt11: phone. AIS automates you JMS dat.i su family. friends and inmates can have immr.diate telephone access to inmate data. On average, officers' answel' % a c;ilt p<~r day for each inmate ...

NY Corrections & Community Supervision - Inmate Telephone Calls, Revision Notice 2015

Publication • September 11, 2015

Filed under: Attorney Calls

; and 8. The call must not exceed 30 minutes in duration. An inmate shall receive the attorney call at one of the following locations as determined by the correctional facility: 1. An inmate phone booth ...

HRDC FCC comment on one-cent rate reductions - Sept 2015

Publication • September 8, 2015

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

HRDC FCC comment on one-cent rate reductions - Sept 2015 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS September 8, 2015 Submitted Online Only The Honorable Tom Wheeler, Chairman Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St. S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: Comment for WC Docket 12-375 Dear Chairman Wheeler: The …

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

Brief • September 8, 2015

Filed under: Trust Accounts, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

James v. GTL, NJ, Def Reply BiO to Motion to Compel Arbitration, Telephone Terms of Service, 2015 Case 2:13-cv-04989-WJM-MF Document 103 Filed 09/08/15 Page 1 of 20 PageID: 894 UNITED STATES ...

Delaware: Drop in Prison Phone Rates Called a “Drop in the Bucket”

Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015

Filed under: Telephone Rates

Delaware: Drop in Prison Phone Rates Called a “Drop in the Bucket” by Derek Gilna Delaware: Drop in Prison Phone Rates Called a “Drop in the Bucket” by Derek Gilna Delaware’s prison phone rates will be reduced as a result of a new contract entered into between the state Department …

Prisoners Pay Millions to Call Loved Ones Every Year. Now this Company Wants Even More

Article • August 31, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015

Filed under: Private Prisons, JPay, Inc., Telephone Rates

Prisoners Pay Millions to Call Loved Ones Every Year. Now this Company Wants Even More by Ben Walsh Prisoners Pay Millions to Call Loved Ones Every Year. Now this Company Wants Even More by Ben Walsh, Huffington Post A captive market, no competition and government contracts that make monopoly-enabled price …

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

Brief • August 25, 2015

Filed under: Trust Accounts, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

James v. GTL, NJ, Opposition to Motion to Compel Arbitration, Telephone Terms of Service, 2015 Case 2:13-cv-04989-WJM-MF Document 99 Filed 08/25/15 Page 1 of 35 PageID: 820 UNITED STATES DISTRICT ...