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In re Emails on Trulincs, NY, DOJ Letter to Federal Defenders - Classified Inmate Email over Trulincs, 2014

Brief • June 9, 2014

Filed under: Attorney Client, Computers, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring

prong, the Second Circuit has previously held in an analogous context that an inmate's communication over a telephone that the inmate knows is being recorded by prison authorities is not protected ...

FCC Order Denying Petions by Securus Waivers of Interstate Calls 2014

Brief • June 6, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

generally Implementation of the Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Petition of Martha Wright et al. for Rulemaking or, in the Alternative ...

FCC Consumer Guide to Inmate Telephone Services and Revised Rules 2014

Publication • 2014

Filed under: Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

FCC Consumer Guide to Inmate Telephone Services and Revised Rules 2014 Consumer Guide Inmate Telephone Service Background FCC rules that significantly reformed interstate Inmate Calling Service (ICS ...

AZ DOC v. FCC, DC, Joint Intervenors Brief, Interstate ICS Rates, 2014

Brief • May 22, 2014

Filed under: Telephone Rates

. Although the Commission will likely defend the Order, as it did in the stay proceedings, as a routine exercise of its authority over interstate telephone rates, the Order belies that contention ...

Securus Technologies v. FCC, DC, Jt. Brief for the ICS Providers/Intervenors, Prison Phone Rates, 2014

Brief • May 22, 2014

Filed under: Telephone Rates

a 10 percent or greater ownership interest in GTL. Insofar as relevant to this litigation, GTL’s general nature and purpose is to provide inmate telephone calling services, solutions, and equipment ...

Pay Tel Receives Waiver of Prison Phone Rate Caps

Article • May 20, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014

Filed under: Telephone Rates

Pay Tel Receives Waiver of Prison Phone Rate Caps by Pay Tel Receives Waiver of Prison Phone Rate Caps   On January 8, 2014, Pay Tel Communications, a North Carolina company that provides phone services at correctional facilities in 13 states, filed a petition requesting a waiver of the rate …

Cheese v Primm, NY, Order, legal phone call, 2014

Brief • May 5, 2014

Filed under: Attorney Calls

to conduct confidential telephone conferences with plaintiff Constantine Cheese, via telephone, at mutually agreeable dates and times for plaintiff's counsel and the Correctional Facility staff. The plaintiff ...

Lyon v. ICE, CA, Order Granting Class Cert., ICE Phone Restrictions, 2014

Brief • April 16, 2014

Filed under: Immigration, Telephone Access

with telephone access at the 8 detention facilities. For example: 9 • A call can be completed “only if a live person answers the telephone and accepts the call.” 10 Compl. ¶ 43. This means that detainees ...

Lowering Recidivism through Family Communication

Article • April 15, 2014 • from PLN April, 2014

Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Mail Regulations, Visiting

Lowering Recidivism through Family Communication by Alex Friedmann There are currently 2.2 million people held in prisons and jails in the United States,1 and an estimated 95% of prisoners currently in custody will one day be released. Based on 2012 data, around 637,400 people are released annually from state and …

Pay Tel Communications, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Motion for Dismissal of Petition, 2014

Brief • March 28, 2014

Filed under: Telephone Rates

BROOKS, PIERCE, MCLENDON, HUMPHREY & LEONARD L.L.P. 1600 Wells Fargo Capitol Center 150 Fayetteville Street (27601) Post Office Box 1800 Raleigh, NC 27602 Telephone: (919) 839-0300 Facsimile: (919) 839 ...

Evans v. Inmate Calling Services, NV, Appellant Opening Brief, Atty Call Monitoring, 2014

Brief • March 26, 2014

Filed under: Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring

initially intercepting and monitoring Witherow’s telecommunications with his attorneys and the re-monitoring of attorney-client telephone ii Case: 13-17361 03/26/2014 ID: 9033089 DktEntry: 13 Page: 4 ...

Wright v Securus, DC, Pet Opp to Securus Petition, inmate calling services, 2014

Brief • March 11, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

into account that the two largest ICS providers are no longer making commission payments for interstate ICS telephone calls. 6 Petition to Expand Pay Tel Waiver, pg. 6. 7 GTL kindly offers its assistance ...

Prison Phone Justice Campaign: Recent Developments

Article • February 15, 2014 • from PLN February, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Prison Phone Justice Campaign: Recent Developments by PLN’s December 2013 cover story provided an updated look at the prison phone industry and examined a recent order by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that imposed rate caps on interstate (long distance) prison and jail phone calls. There have since been several …

PayTel v. FCC, DC, Order, Interstate ICS Rates, 2014

Brief • February 11, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

. Partial Stay Order); pets. for review pending sub nom. Securus Techs. v. FCC, No. 13-1280 (D.C. Cir. Nov. 14, 2013) (and consolidated cases). 3 See generally Implementation of the Pay Telephone ...

Shareholder Resolutions Seek to Lower Phone Rates at Private Prisons

Article • January 15, 2014 • from PLN January, 2014

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Telephone Rates

Shareholder Resolutions Seek to Lower Phone Rates at Private Prisons by On November 26, 2013, shareholder resolutions were filed with Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and The GEO Group, Inc. – the nation’s two largest for-profit prison companies; the resolutions seek to reduce the high cost of phone calls made …

FCC Rate Caps on Prison Phone Calls to Impact Nevada DOC’s Budget

Article • January 15, 2014 • from PLN January, 2014

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

FCC Rate Caps on Prison Phone Calls to Impact Nevada DOC’s Budget by David Ganim The rate caps recently imposed on interstate (long distance) prison phone calls by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) signal much-needed financial relief for prisoners and their families; however, they will also leave an estimated $650,000 …

Securus Technologies v. FCC, DC, Order on Mtn. to Stay, Prison Phone Rates, 2014

Brief • January 13, 2014

Filed under: Telephone Rates

Securus Technologies v. FCC, DC, Order on Mtn. to Stay, Prison Phone Rates, 2014 USCA Case #13-1280 Document #1474764 Filed: 01/13/2014 Page 1 of 2 United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT ____________ No. 13-1280 September Term, 2013 FCC-78FR67956 Filed On: January 13, 2014 Securus Technologies, …

FL DOC Crim. Investigation re Guards Furnishing Cell Phones to Prisoners IG's Office 2014

Publication • January 2, 2014

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Cell Phone Access

FL DOC Crim. Investigation re Guards Furnishing Cell Phones to Prisoners IG's Office 2014 Florida Department of Corrections Office of the Inspector General CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION Case# 13-14646 PLN.Supp.Disc.001947 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL CASE SUMMARY REPORT Table of Contents h AUTHORITY 4 !h METHODOLOGY 4 JJI. …

Neeley Jr et al v. FCC et al, AR, Complaint, radio wire communication security, 2013

Brief • December 16, 2013

Filed under: Security Systems, Telephones, Telephone Monitoring

Neeley Jr et al v. FCC et al, AR, Complaint, radio wire communication security, 2013 Case 5:13-cv-05293-PKH Document 1 Filed 12/16/13 Page 1 of 21 PageID #: 1 Case 5:13-cv-05293-PKH Document 1 Filed 12/16/13 Page 2 of 21 PageID #: 2 Case 5:13-cv-05293-PKH Document 1 Filed 12/16/13 Page 3 of …

FCC Order Heralds Hope for Reform of Prison Phone Industry

Article • December 15, 2013 • from PLN December, 2013

Filed under: Immigration, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Telephone Monitoring, Cell Phone Access

facilitates the reintegration of inmates into society upon release from prison," the report said. "In contrast, reducing inmate telephone rates could also have some disadvantages....With fewer profits, BOP ...