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HRDC comment to FCC response to PayTel Jan 2014

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

: Currently, the Florida Department of Corrections negotiates the telephone contracts for the state prisons. The jail contracts would be negotiated at the local level.... You are correct that we did have ...

HRDC comment to FCC response to Global Tel Oct 2012

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

the Federal Communications Commission to rein in telephone companies that, in many states, charge inmates spectacularly high rates that can force their families to choose between keeping in touch ...

HRDC comment to FCC re NPRM March 2013

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

options for prisoners and detainees. (NPRM #39). We submit that certain categories of telephone calls should be free for prisoners and persons in immigration detention. Detainees should be permitted ...

HRDC comment to FCC NPRM reply April 2013

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

: RFP No. 060072DC – Inmate Telephone System; specifically “Comprehensive Scores,” dated July 31, 2007. See Exhibit A, attached. 6 Oklahoma Department of Corrections to Department of Central Services ...

HRDC comment to FCC re MI DOC phone rates June 2011

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

HRDC comment to FCC re MI DOC phone rates June 2011 HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER Dedicated to Protecting Human Rights www.prisonlegalnews.org afriedmann@prisonlegalnews.org Please Reply to Tennessee Office: Direct Dial: 615-495-6568 5331 Mt. View Rd. #130 Antioch, TN 37013 June 16, 2011 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary Federal Communications Commission Office …

HRDC comment to FCC re PLN cover story April 2011

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

to a different CCA facility. [See: PLN, March 2004, p.14]. “We find it hard to believe that they would shut down the prison over telephone rates. We had no interest in shutting the prison down,” said AT&T ...

PLN comment to FCC re ICS corruption Sept 2008

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street SW Washington, DC 20554 RE: Supplement to Previous Comment Regarding CC Docket No. 96-128 (Implementation of Pay Telephone Reclassification ...

PLN comment to FCC re prisoner literacy May 2007

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street SW Washington, DC 20554 RE: Reply Comment Regarding CC Docket No. 96-128 (Implementation of Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation Provisions ...

HRDC initial comment to FCC re Wright petition April 2007

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

Commission 445 12th Street SW Washington, DC 20554 RE: Comment Regarding CC Docket No. 96-128 (Implementation of Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 ...

HRDC comment to FCC re WA jail phone rates Sept 2014

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

Consolidated Telecom VAC/Global Tel*Link Crown Correctional Telephone, Inc. Interlata $3.00 + .30/min $3.00 + .30/min $7.50 $7.50 Intralata $3.00 + .30/min $3.00 + .30/min $7.50 $7.50 Local ...

HRDC comment to FCC re prison phone cost drivers July 2014

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

HRDC comment to FCC re prison phone cost drivers July 2014 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS July 17, 2014 Submitted Online Only The Honorable Tom Wheeler, Chairman Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Re: Ex Parte Comment for WC Docket No. 12-375 …

HRDC comment to FCC on prison phone articles June 2014

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

. Mr. Chruby’s sentiment was echoed in dozens of lawsuits filed by inmates against Securus, Global Tel-Link and other providers. While the F.C.C. capped interstate telephone rates at 25 cents a minute ...

HRDC comment to FCC re prison phone articles Sept 2014

Publication • October 31, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications

, and without such security measures, the risks to institutional security and public safety would quickly outweigh the benefits of allowing inmate telephone access." Attorneys for Telmate LLC argue that some ...

FCC Take Action

Publication • October 23, 2014

Filed under: Telephones

FCC Take Action TAKE ACTION ON PRISON PHONE RATES – CONTACT THE FCC NOW! After nearly a decade, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took action in 2013 and issued an order, effective February 11, 2014, that capped the cost of interstate (long distance) prison phone rates. This led to an …

FCC Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking WC Docket No 12-375

Publication • October 22, 2014

Filed under: Telephone Rates

36,690 public comments “supporting imposition of price caps on correctional facility telephone rates”). 3 See U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Recidivism of State Prisoners ...

Securus v FCC, DC, Pet Intervenors Brief, inmate calling services, 2014

Brief • October 20, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

of telephone rates” and that “Congress has given the FCC explicit statutory authority to regulate inmate payphone services in particular.” (App. 6, 8). Regarding plaintiffs’ concerns about site commissions ...

Jail Video Visitation Proposal Considered in Dallas County, Texas

Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014

Filed under: Telephone Rates, Visiting

Jail Video Visitation Proposal Considered in Dallas County, Texas by Jail Video Visitation Proposal Considered in Dallas County, Texa On September 9, 2014, the Dallas County Commissioners Court unanimously rejected a proposal that would have ended all face-to-face visits with prisoners at the Dallas County Jail. The Commissioners Court had …

Prison and Jail Phone Reforms Needed in New Jersey

Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014

Filed under: Telephone Rates

Prison and Jail Phone Reforms Needed in New Jersey by Karina Wilkinson Prison and Jail Phone Reforms Needed in New Jersey by Karina Wilkinson Two prison phone service providers, Global Tel*Link and Securus, continue to overcharge prisoners and their families for calls made from prisons and jails in New Jersey. …

Video Visitation: How Private Companies Push for Visits by Video, Grassroots Leadership, 2014

Publication • October 1, 2014

Filed under: Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Visiting

County received $1.6 million from Securus as pre-paid commissions in October 2007 from its telephone contract, and the County is paid 23 percent of all gross revenue that Securus received from its ...

James v. GTL, NJ, Order I, Telephone Terms of Service, 2014

Brief • September 8, 2014

Filed under: Telephones

James v. GTL, NJ, Order I, Telephone Terms of Service, 2014 Case 2:13-cv-04989-WJM-MF Document 37 Filed 09/08/14 Page 1 of 2 PageID: 446 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY ...