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Prison Phone Rates Under Scrutiny by Louisiana Regulatory Agency
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Prison Phone Rates Under Scrutiny by Louisiana Regulatory Agency by The Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC) is examining the rates for phone calls made by prisoners. To help it in that determination, the PSC has hired outside counsel to analyze rates, review regulations and compare them with other states to …
Private Equity Firms Profit Handsomely from Prison Phone Services
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates
Private Equity Firms Profit Handsomely from Prison Phone Services by The October 2011 sale of Global Tel*Link Corp. (GTL), the nation’s largest prison and jail phone company, demonstrates what a goldmine prison phone services are for the provider side of the market. The sale, reportedly valued at $1 billion, was …
California Criminalizes Cell Phone Smuggling, Seeks Technology to Block Cell Phone Calls from Prisons
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, Cell Phone Access
. The law provides that “a person who possesses with the intent to deliver, or delivers [to prisoners] any cel-lular telephone or other wireless communication device or any component thereof ...” is subject ...
Recording of Nashville, Tennessee Jail Prisoners’ Attorney Calls Criticized
Article • December 15, 2011 • from PLN December, 2011
Filed under: Attorneys, Attorney Client, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring
Recording of Nashville, Tennessee Jail Prisoners’ Attorney Calls Criticized by In February 2011 it was revealed that the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office in Nashville, Tennessee had recorded ...
Florida Jail Offers Video Visits to Profiteer More From Prisoner Families
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Filed under: Computers, Telephones, Telephone Rates
Florida Jail Offers Video Visits to Profiteer More From Prisoner Families by A video visitation system has been installed at Florida’s Charlotte County Jail. Using money from the Inmate Welfare Fund, which is derived from profits from the canteen and other services to prisoners, the jail installed a system that …
$370,000 in Annual Phone Revenue at Ohio Jail
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates
ones is actually called “giving.” When asked by the Dayton Daily News about prisoners’ telephone access in Montgomery County, Major Daryl Wilson explained, “We give them as many calls as they need ...
Suit Challenging Election Surveillance May Go Forward, Second Circuit Decides
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Searches, Computer Searches, Police Searches, Telephone Monitoring
Suit Challenging Election Surveillance May Go Forward, Second Circuit Decides by A lawsuit challenging the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments of 2008 (FAA) may proceed, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided March 21, 2011. The lower court dismissed the suit on standing grounds. Amnesty International, with …
Right to Counsel Not Violated by Brig Officials Present During Attorney Phone Calls
Article • November 15, 2011
Filed under: Attorney Calls, Military, Military Law
Right to Counsel Not Violated by Brig Officials Present During Attorney Phone Calls by On May 1, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Services affirmed a lower court’s judgment rejecting a service member’s claim that he was denied the right to appellate counsel because brig officials were …
California DOC Officials Enjoy Absolute Immunity From Tort Liability Under Civil Code
Article • September 15, 2011
Filed under: Private Prisons, Marantha Private Corrections, Telephone Rates, Judicial Immunity
), the same contractor that CDCR uses in its prisons. As in its prison contract, Global paid a hefty kickback from excess profits built into its prisoner-only telephone rate. CDCR transfers its Global kickback ...
Edwards v. Wayne Co Deputy Sheriff et al, MI, Subpoena - Sprint, telephone records, 2011
Brief • August 31, 2011
Filed under: Disclosure of Records, Telephones, Telephone Monitoring
Edwards v. Wayne Co Deputy Sheriff et al, MI, Subpoena - Sprint, telephone records, 2011 ...
Texas Prison Phones and Emails Generate Less Revenue Than Expected
Article • August 15, 2011 • from PLN August, 2011
Filed under: Computers, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates
Texas Prison Phones and Emails Generate Less Revenue Than Expected by When the Texas legislature passed SB 1580 in 2007, requiring the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to install phones in state prisons, Texas was the only state that did not allow prisoners to make regular phone calls. Even …
Washington State Regulatory Agency Finds AT&T Failed to Disclose Prison Collect Call Rates
Article • August 15, 2011 • from PLN August, 2011
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Disclosure of Records, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates
is significant because it indicates that AT&T may be held liable for abusive practices associated with the provision of telephone services at Washington State prisons. As reported in PLN’s April 2011 cover story ...
California v. Niroula, CA, Def Mot for Order protecting attorney-client calls, sheriff illegal telephone monitoring, 2011
Brief • August 10, 2011
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Attorney Client, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring
California v. Niroula, CA, Def Mot for Order protecting attorney-client calls, sheriff illegal telephone monitoring, 2011 Kaushal Niroula Defendant In Pro Per Booking # 200910575 Indio Jail P.O. Box ...
Evans v. Inmate Calling Services, NV, Report and Recommendation, Atty Call Monitoring, 2011
Brief • July 19, 2011
Filed under: Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring
access restricted for safety and security reasons. Ex. 18, #205-18, pp. 2-3. AR 722.07(1.2-1.3): Inmate legal access (effective date 9/6/03) 1.1 All inmates are to use the unit or yard telephones for legal ...
Jail Phone Calls Monitored Without Warning Inadmissible In New Mexico
Article • July 15, 2011
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Monitoring
handbook passed Out to prisoners, lectures or discussions regarding telephone monitoring and forms indicating the monitoring policy signed by the prisoner are adequate warning. In this case ...
Low Rates in Michigan DOC Phone Contract Demonstrate Actual Cost of Prison Phone Services
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Low Rates in Michigan DOC Phone Contract Demonstrate Actual Cost of Prison Phone Services by Alex Friedmann PLN’s April 2011 cover story detailed the results of our comprehensive multi-year research project on prison phone services, including a state-by-state comparison of prison phone rates, commission (kickback) percentages, and the amounts of …
Federal Cell Phone Ban Becomes Law; California Bill Vetoed, then Re-Introduced
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Federal Legislation
of the bill. A report on the effectiveness of the new federal law is due by August 2011. The report will also address the prison telephone rates charged by the BOP. [See: PLN, April 2011, p.1]. The California ...
Nationwide PLN Survey Examines Prison Phone Contracts, Kickbacks
Article • April 15, 2011 • from PLN April, 2011
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Statistics/Trends, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, PLN Litigation
, Wisconsin transferred all its prisoners 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 ...
Some Agencies Balk at Releasing Prison Phone Data
Article • April 15, 2011 • from PLN April, 2011
Filed under: Disclosure of Records, Federal Statutory Law, Freedom of Information Act, Telephone Rates
Some Agencies Balk at Releasing Prison Phone Data by Michael Rigby by Mike Rigby It is common knowledge among PLN readers that prison and jail phone rates are priced far above those in the free world. But just how overpriced are they? What is the average kickback (commission) rate provided …
Short-Lived Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Global Tel*Link in California, Then Secretly Settled
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Class Certification, Telephone Rates
Short-Lived Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Global Tel*Link in California, Then Secretly Settled by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim Sick and tired of being gouged by high prison phone rates, Nadia Alvarez and Rachel Fishenfeld, two California residents, filed a consumer class action suit against Global Tel*Link (GTL) in August …
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