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Second Affidavit of Douglas Dawson Petition, MA, Recepient of Collect Calls from Prisoners, Mass Dept of Telecommunications, 2013

Brief • October 11, 2013

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

. CCG is a general telephone consulting firm that works for competitive local exchange companies (CLECs), local telephone companies, cable TV providers, electric companies, wireless providers, wireless ...

Declaratory Ruling and Order Denying Securus Petition to Allow Call Blocking FCC 2013

Publication • September 26, 2013

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access

telephones, the provision of inmate telephone service in correctional institutions, and any ancillary services.” 47 U.S.C. § 276(d). 5 See Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, WC Docket No. 12-375 ...

FCC Declatory Ruling & Order filed by Securus Technologies 2013

Brief • September 26, 2013

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

to communicate with an incarcerated 4 “As used in this section, the term ‘payphone service’ means the provision of public or semi-public pay telephones, the provision of inmate telephone service in correctional ...

FCC Rates for Interstate Calls Report & Order for Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 2013

Brief • September 26, 2013

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 ...

After Ten Years, FCC Votes for Prison Phone Reforms!

Article • September 15, 2013 • from PLN September, 2013

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

, Color of Change, Sum of Us, the United Church of Christ’s Office of Communication, National CURE and the Equitable Telephone Charges (eTc) Campaign, directed by Kay Perry of Michigan CURE. &ldquo ...

HRDC Invited to Speak at Unprecedented FCC Workshop on Prison Phone Rates

Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

the first panel discussion at the FCC workshop by addressing the importance of prison phone reforms. "The impact of high telephone rates on prisoners and their families cannot be overstated. Our research ...

Prisoners Respond to Call for Prison Phone Justice; SCI-Huntingdon Delivers!

Article • July 15, 2013 • from PLN July, 2013

Filed under: Organizing, Telephone Rates

Legal News. We asked you, our readers, to send letters to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) describing how you and your families have been impacted by the high cost of prison telephone calls ...

Washington DOC - JPay Amendment #3 2013-2014

Kickback publication • 2013

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

Washington DOC - JPay Amendment #3 2013-2014 State of Washington Department of Corrections Contract No. K8262 Amendment No. 3 This Amendment 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 …

FCC Public Notice - Applications Granted for the Transfer of Control of the Operating Subsidiaries of Securus, 2013.pdf

Brief • April 29, 2013

Filed under: Telephone Rates

of general applicability or are not specific to the transaction). We also note that Applicants state that they “have no intention whatsoever of using the Transaction to delay the pending inmate telephone rate ...

Louisiana Public Service Commission Postpones Prison Phone Reforms

Article • April 15, 2013 • from PLN April, 2013

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Telephone Rates

Louisiana Public Service Commission Postpones Prison Phone Reforms by Mel Motel After heated hearings and postponement, on December 12, 2012, the Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) voted to lower the cost of phone calls made from Louisiana prisons and jails by cutting the rates of most calls by 25% and …

Georgia Prison Disturbance Linked to Contraband Cell Phones

Article • April 15, 2013

Filed under: Telephones, Cell Phone Access

Georgia Prison Disturbance Linked to Contraband Cell Phones by In the wake of a disturbance which left twelve people injured at Hancock State Prison, Georgia prison officials are suggesting that prisoners used cell phones to plan and coordinate the uprising. On November 25, 2011, while prisoners in one area of …

Deregulation of Telephone Rates in Florida Eliminates Caps on Prisoner Rates

Article • March 15, 2013

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Deregulation of Telephone Rates in Florida Eliminates Caps on Prisoner Rates by To comply with Florida law, the state’s Public Service Commission (PSC) amended its rules to remove its ...

Maine Supreme Judicial Court: PUC Cannot Regulate Prisoner Phone Rates

Article • March 15, 2013

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

of Corrections (DOC) charges state prisoners was not subject to regulation by the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC). A complaint was filed with the PUC alleging that the DOC's prisoner telephone rates were ...

Abuse in Los Angeles Jails Leads to Investigations, Lawsuits and Eventual Reforms

Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Retaliation against Staff, Conditions of Confinement, Overcrowding, Exercise, Clothing, Jail Specific, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Telephone Access

that ordered the county to improve jail conditions – including overcrowding, inadequate exercise, and lack of clean clothing and telephone access. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) had initially ...

Historic $45 Million Settlement in Washington State Prison Phone Class-action Suit

Article • March 15, 2013 • from PLN March, 2013

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

prisoners during the same time period; however, those claims were dismissed by the court under the filed tariff doctrine. In 1988, the Washington legislature determined that the provision of telephone ...

Prepaid Telephone Credits Theft Leads to Change of Provider in Wisconsin Jail

Article • March 15, 2013

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Prepaid Telephone Credits Theft Leads to Change of Provider in Wisconsin Jail by On September 21, 2011, the Lake County, Wisconsin, Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to change ...

California: Corrections Department Donates Confiscated Cell Phones to Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Organizations

Article • March 15, 2013

Filed under: Telephones, Cell Phone Access

California: Corrections Department Donates Confiscated Cell Phones to Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Organizations by In recognition of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) announced plans to donate thousands of confiscated cell phones to organizations that help victims of domestic violence. In …

From the Editor

Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013

Filed under: Editorials, Telephones, Telephone Rates, Mail Regulations, PLN Litigation

From the Editor by Paul Wright I would like to thank everyone who has donated to the Human Rights Defense Center/Prison Legal News annual fundraiser. As of mid-January 2013 we had raised a little over $29,000 of our $60,000 goal to continue the Campaign for Prison Phone Justice, and still …

In Memory of Jon E. Yount (1938-2012)

Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013

Filed under: Eulogies, Voting, Crime/Demographics, Census, Parole, Telephone Rates, Suicides

.” In Yount v. T-Netix, Jon brought the prison system’s abusive telephone rates and billing practices before the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and won refunds in 2008. The Department of Corrections ...

FCC Finally Moves on Wright Petition After Almost a Decade of Inaction

Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013

Filed under: Lobbying, Telephones, Telephone Rates

of prisoners and their families with the prison telephone system, and ideas for changing it. In the past six months more than 700 letters have arrived at the FCC from prisoners, their family members and other ...