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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 ...

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

Brief • September 10, 2021

Filed under: Telephone Rates

with the 25 NTE for video calls and the anticipated increase in video calling utilization that will follow 26 once the State implements video calling full time, GTL was able to reduce its other telephone 27 ...

Securus Technologies, LLC v. California Dept of Technology, CA, Petition for Writ of Mandate, Inmate Phone Calls, 2021

Brief • September 10, 2021

Filed under: Telephone Rates

state inmates with improved telecommunications, including domestic and international telephone calling as well as calling by video. Page 1 of 10 In August 2020, Respondents solicited bids by way ...

Tenth Circuit Rejects Government’s Appeal Over Recorded Attorney Calls and Visits at Private Prison in Leavenworth