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Qualified Immunity Granted in Suit Challenging Policy of “Checking-In” on Nevada Prisoner’s Legal Calls

Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022

Filed under: Attorney Calls, Electronic Communictions Privacy Act, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified

Qualified Immunity Granted in Suit Challenging Policy of “Checking-In” on Nevada Prisoner’s Legal Calls by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 8, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit refused a request to rehear en banc a decision by a three-judge panel of the Court …

Suit by HRDC Alleging GTL and Securus Violated Sherman Anti-Trust Act Survives Motion to Dismiss

Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022

Filed under: Telephone Rates, Antitrust Offenses, HRDC Litigation, Securus, Global Tel*Link Corp

) alleging a price-fixing and kickback scheme by prison telephone service providers Global Tel*Link Corp. (now known as ViaPath), Securus Technologies, LLC, and 3Cinteractive Corp. (3Ci), survived a motion ...

Florida Justice Institute-Objections to Proposed Rule 33-602.205, Jan 2022

Publication • January 31, 2022

Filed under: Telephones, Attorney Calls

revisions to Proposed Rule 33-602.205 that were published on December 10, 2021. Specifically, we object to the changes to subsection (3)(a) regarding attorney calls. The changes appear to state ...

USP Thomson-Inmate Bulletin Legal Calls, Jan 2022

Publication • January 3, 2022

Filed under: Attorney Calls, Recorded Calls

; and the inmate is afforded the opportunity to place an occasional unmonitored call to his or her attorney. Based on these provisions, frequent confidential inmate attorney calls should be allowed only when ...

Githieya v. Global Tel Lin, GA, Notice of Filing, Prepaid Phone Account, 2021

Brief • December 14, 2021

Filed under: Telephones

through GTL’s automated telephone system (also called interactivevoice-response or IVR) and (2) had a positive account balance that was reduced to $0.00 due to account inactivity for 180 days or less from ...

Githieya v. GTL, GA, Class Action Settlement, Prepaid Telephone Account, 2021

Brief • December 6, 2021

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Githieya v. GTL, GA, Class Action Settlement, Prepaid Telephone Account, 2021 Case 1:15-cv-00986-AT Document 326-1 Filed 12/06/21 Page 1 of 81 Exhibit 1 Settlement Agreement Case 1:15-cv-00986 ...

Githieya v. GTL, GA, Declaration of Michael Caplan, Prepaid Telephone Account, 2021

Brief • December 6, 2021

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Githieya v. GTL, GA, Declaration of Michael Caplan, Prepaid Telephone Account, 2021 Case 1:15-cv-00986-AT Document 326-2 Filed 12/06/21 Page 1 of 28 Exhibit 2 Declaration of Michael A. Caplan Case ...

Githieya v. GTL, GA, Declaration of Tiffany Janowicz, Prepaid Telephone Account, 2021

Brief • December 6, 2021

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Githieya v. GTL, GA, Declaration of Tiffany Janowicz, Prepaid Telephone Account, 2021 Case 1:15-cv-00986-AT Document 326-3 Filed 12/06/21 Page 1 of 57 Exhibit 3 Declaration of Tiffaney Janowicz ...

Githieya v. GTL, GA, Order Approving Class Action Settlement, Prepaid Telephone Accounts, 2021

Brief • December 6, 2021

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Githieya v. GTL, GA, Order Approving Class Action Settlement, Prepaid Telephone Accounts, 2021 Case 1:15-cv-00986-AT Document 326 Filed 12/06/21 Page 1 of 50 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ...

Githieya v. GTL, GA, Proposed Order Approving Settlement, Prepaid Telephone Accounts, 2021

Brief • December 6, 2021

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Githieya v. GTL, GA, Proposed Order Approving Settlement, Prepaid Telephone Accounts, 2021 Case 1:15-cv-00986-AT Document 326-4 Filed 12/06/21 Page 1 of 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN ...

All Massachusetts Jails to Provide Prisoners Ten Free Minutes of Phone Calls Per Week and Cap Charges on Additional Minutes at 14 Cents

Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021

Filed under: Telephone Rates

by State Senator Cynthia Creem and Representative Chynah Tyler, which would require the provision of free telephone calls to people incarcerated in the state’s jails and prisons. In promoting the bill ...

Louisville Jail Moves to Have Free Phone Calls for Prisoners by First of the Year

Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021

Filed under: Telephone Rates

from telephone kickbacks for the year 2021. The city plans to use the better revenue forecasts and federal American Rescue Act funds” to cover half that revenue ($350,000) and take some pressure ...

Settlement Agreement Between USA and VT Dept of Corrections Under the ADA 2021

Brief • October 28, 2021

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Disabled Prisoners, Americans with Disabilities Act, Telephone Access

real-time transcription services (CART); written materials; exchange of written notes; telephone handset amplifiers; assistive listening devices; assistive listening systems; telephones compatible ...

FCC Order Re Reply Comments for Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, 2021

Brief • October 15, 2021

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

FCC Order Re Reply Comments for Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, 2021 Federal Communications Commission DA 21-1297 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services ) ) ) WC Docket No. 12-375 ORDER Adopted: October 15, 2021 Released: October …

Smart Communications v. GTL, PA, Complaint, Antitrust Violations, 2021

Brief • October 6, 2021

Filed under: Telephone Rates, Antitrust Offenses, Bid-Rigging, Price-Fixing, etc.

must spend money to pay for collect telephone calls—both intrastate and interstate— initiated by YCP inmates. V. INDUSTRY BACKGROUND 18. Correctional facilities in the United States have traditionally ...

California Slashes High Call Rates in Prisons and Jails

Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021

Filed under: Telephone Rates

California Slashes High Call Rates in Prisons and Jails by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On the heels of a May 2021 decision by federal regulators that sharply lowered rates prisoners and their loved ones pay for interstate calls, the California Public Utilities Commission (CAPUC) adopted a rule on August …

Albert v. GTL, MD, Order, Price-Fixing, 2021

Brief • September 30, 2021

Filed under: Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Bid-Rigging, Price-Fixing, etc.

Defendants GTL and Securus are providers of telephone calling services for inmates, and these defendants are headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, and Carrollton, Texas, respectively. Id. at ¶¶ 30, 32 ...

California Public Utilities Commission, Admin Law Judge Ruling Compelling Production of Documents, Inmate Telephone Rates, 2021

Brief • September 13, 2021

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

California Public Utilities Commission, Admin Law Judge Ruling Compelling Production of Documents, Inmate Telephone Rates, 2021 MGA/CF1/mef 9/13/2021 FILED 09/13/21 12:14 PM BEFORE THE PUBLIC ...

Securus Technologies, LLC v. California Dept of Technology, CA, Reply Brief, Inmate Phone Calls, 2021

Brief • September 10, 2021

Filed under: Telephone Rates

- it only meant one 4 rate for domestic telephone calls. No amount of discretion gives the State the ability to change the 5 meaning of the term “rates” and “calls” in the RFP’s NTE rates cap section ...

Securus Technologies, LLC v. California Dept of Technology, CA, Reply Brief, Inmate Phone Calls, 2021 (1)

Brief • September 10, 2021

Filed under: Telephone Rates

- it only meant one 4 rate for domestic telephone calls. No amount of discretion gives the State the ability to change the 5 meaning of the term “rates” and “calls” in the RFP’s NTE rates cap section ...