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Texas Prison System Increases Prisoners’ Monthly Phone Minutes

Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Texas Prison System Increases Prisoners’ Monthly Phone Minutes by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In 2007, when Texas became the last state in the nation to let prisoners make phone calls on a regular basis, the limit on phone usage was 120 minutes a month. [See: PLN, Nov. 2007, p.11]. …

Missouri Court Finds Prisoner Phone Contract Bidding Process Unfair

Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Telephone Rates

Missouri Court Finds Prisoner Phone Contract Bidding Process Unfair by On November 30, 2011, a Missouri circuit court held that adding optional services to the state’s prisoner telephone ...

Iowa Supreme Court Holds Billing for Fraudulent Prisoner Phone Calls Not a State Law Violation

Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Iowa Supreme Court Holds Billing for Fraudulent Prisoner Phone Calls Not a State Law Violation by On October 14, 2011 the Iowa Supreme Court held that a prison telephone company did ...

From the Editor

Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012

Filed under: Editorials, Telephones, Telephone Rates

From the Editor by Paul Wright For the past 22 years, PLN has been at the forefront of reporting on the gouging of prisoners’ families by prisons, jails and the telecommunications industry as prisoncrats and corporations profit by charging families exorbitant phone rates for the ability to communicate with their …

Recipients of Collect Calls From Prisoners v Mass Dept of Communication and Cable Ma Memo of Petitioners Opposing Dismissal Phone Rates 2012

Brief • 2012

Filed under: Telephones

M.G.L. 159 §§ 14 and 24 1 prison telephone rates, and the approval of tariffed rates filed pursuant to that Order, do not preclude the Department from re-assessing the reasonableness of rates in light ...

Judd Et Al v At&t Wa Order on Motion for Class Certf 2012

Brief • 2012

Filed under: Telephones

TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY and T-NETIX, INC., Defendants. I. INTRODUCTION This matter came before the Court on a motion for class certification filed by Plaintiffs Sandy Judd, Tara Herivel ...

Hrdc Joint Letter From Criminal Justice Orgs to Fcc Re Wright Petition 10-23-12

Publication • 2012

Filed under: Telephones, HRDC Publications

are illiterate or functionally illiterate and thus do not write letters, and many prisoners are held in distant facilities, which makes in-person visitation difficult. Further, telephone calls are the only ...

Hrdc Ex Parte Re Wright Peition 10-8-12

Publication • 2012

Filed under: Telephones, 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 ...

Washington DOC - JPay Amendment #2 2012-2013

Kickback publication • 2012

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

Washington DOC - JPay Amendment #2 2012-2013 State of Washington Department of Corrections Contract No. K8262 Amendment No. 2 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 …

The Swatch Group Management Services v. Bloomberg, NY, Opinion and Order, Infringement of Record, 2012

Brief • May 17, 2012

Filed under: Summary Judgment, Intellectual Property, Telephone Monitoring, Media

Defendant for infringement of a recorded telephone conference call between senior executives of Plaintiffs parent company and invited securities analysts. Defendant, although not invited to participate ...

Eighth Circuit Affirms No First Amendment Right to Lower Prison Phone Rates

Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Breault filed a civil rights action in federal court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that excessive contractual kickbacks resulted in high telephone rates for prisoners in the Arkansas Department ...

Court Finds Pennsylvania Jail’s Phone Bidding Process was Rigged; Contract Awarded to Another Company

Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012

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

Court Finds Pennsylvania Jail’s Phone Bidding Process was Rigged; Contract Awarded to Another Company by The bidding process used to select the telephone contractor for Pennsylvania’s ...

Complaint against DTC, MA, Memo of Pet Opp Dismissal, collect call phone rates, 2012

Brief • March 23, 2012

Filed under: Telephone Rates, Family

Complaint against DTC, MA, Memo of Pet Opp Dismissal, collect call phone rates, 2012

South Carolina Crime Stoppers Snitch Line Scammed

Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012

Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

South Carolina Crime Stoppers Snitch Line Scammed by Brandon Sample Most people are familiar with Crime Stoppers, the “snitch line” for individuals with information about crimes. Successful tips can result in benefits to the tipster – which can take the form of cash, leniency with a new case or a …

Evans v. Skolnik, NV, Order re Ptf's Objection to R&R, Atty Call Monitoring, 2012

Brief • March 7, 2012

Filed under: Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring

of Privacy in His Telephonic Communications With His Attorneys. Plaintiff Witherow objects to Judge Cooke’s finding that no genuine issue of material fact exists as to whether he had an actual subjective ...

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 ...

At&t v Washington State Utilities Wa Response to At&t Petition for Apa Review 2011

Brief • December 9, 2011

Filed under: Telephones

than a company could be considered a local exchange carrier simply because it supplies the switch used to originate and terminate telephone calls. Only the company that has the direct business ...