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In Ingrid Connally Nv Affadavit Prisoner Phone Call Surveillance 2011

Brief • 2011

Filed under: Telephones

the Unit 13 floor. I t 1~ 6. When I was the officer running the control room, I was required to monitor the ....l 20 t' inmates' out-going telephone calls. These calls would be placed from one of two ...

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 …

In Re William Donat Nv Affadavit Prisoner Phone Call Surveillance 2011

Brief • March 22, 2011

Filed under: Telephones

inmates in Unit 23 13 with telephone access. ":.' ,- it ~4' , ( 13. In segregation inmates are locked down most of the time and are not allowed ",' ~~: . to freely move about the unit or which ...

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 …

New Epidemic: Contraband Cell Phones in Prison Cells

Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Telephone Access, Cell Phone Access

New Epidemic: Contraband Cell Phones in Prison Cells by Mark Wilson For decades, prison officials across the U.S. have lined their pockets with multi-million dollar kickbacks from telephone ...

Homeland Security Inspector General’s Report Finds Additional Controls Needed to Ensure Prisoners’ Access to Phones at ICE Facilities

Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011

Filed under: Immigration, Telephones, Telephone Access

the financial data they are required to review. A 2007 audit by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) also found pervasive problems at ICE facilities related to telephone access by immigrant detainees ...

Washington Commission Finds AT&T is Prison Collect Call Provider

Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

); and CenturyTel Telephone Utilities, Inc. (CenturyTel), in the Superior Court of Washington for King County. Plaintiffs alleged that between June 1996 and December 31, 2000, they received collect calls from ...

Reach Out and Defraud Someone: Oregon Jail Prisoners Commit Phone Scams

Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010

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

Reach Out and Defraud Someone: Oregon Jail Prisoners Commit Phone Scams by Mark Wilson A fifteen-minute collect call from the Multnomah County jail in Portland, Oregon costs $2.35, billed to the party who accepts the call. Between May 2006 and April 2009 those calls generated $3.5 million in revenue for …

Holloway v Magness Ar Court Order Inmate Phone Rates 2010

Brief • September 13, 2010

Filed under: Telephones

(8th Cir. 1964). The ADC Defendants argue that, because the telephone rates charged by GTL are regulated by both the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) and the Arkansas Public Service 8 ADC ...

Exorbitant Prisoner Phone Rates Pass New York Constitutional Scrutiny

Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

– affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit arguing that the contract between the New York State Department of Correctional Services (NYDOCS) and MCI Worldcom Communications for prison telephone services violated ...

Millicorp v Gtl Fl Order Prisoner Phone Calls 2010

Brief • 2010

Filed under: Telephones

' petition for declaratory ruling constitute an informal complaint to the FCC. An informal complaint is in writing and contains: "(1) address, and telephone number of the complainant; the name, (2 ...

In Re Prisoners Ma Corr Inst Ma Amend Two Admin Agency Prisoner Phone Rates 2010

Brief • 2010

Filed under: Telephones

Each of the Petitioners added through this amendment receives telephone calls from prisoners incarcerated in state and/or county correctional institutions in Massachusetts. Each ofthe Petitioners added ...

In Re Prisoners Ma Corr Inst Ma Am and First Supp Admin Agency Prisoner Phone Rates 2010

Brief • 2010

Filed under: Telephones

Sarmanlan, attached as Exhibit A-23, ~ 4 ("almost always hard to hear"). 23 24 8 attorney calls 30 Prisoners reported that problems with bad connections appeared to be directly related to broken ...

Alternative Prisoner Phone Service Company Files Unsuccessful Suit

Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Civil Procedure, State Law Claims, Administrative Exhaustion, Telephone Rates

of the nation’s largest prison and jail telephone service providers filed a federal lawsuit alleging violation of the Federal Communications Act. The suit was filed by Millicorp, a Florida-based company ...

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rules No Privacy Right Exists for Jail Phone Calls

Article • May 15, 2010

Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Self Incrimination, Evidence, Telephone Monitoring

subpoena. The Suffolk County grand jury subpoenaed the recordings of the telephone conversations of a specific prisoner at the jail. The sheriff filed a motion to quash, citing a ruling from a different ...

Judge Recommends Denial of Suppression Motion Related to Recordings Obtained from CCA

Article • May 15, 2010

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Informants (Disciplinary Hearings), Evidence, Telephones, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring

conversations made by Eye. CCA turned the conversations over to the government, but the discs also contained recordings of calls between Eye and his lawyer. The attorney calls were not segregated. Prior ...

Andersen v Becker Co. MN Settlement Transaction of Settlement Attorney Calls Monitored 2010

Brief • May 4, 2010

Filed under: Attorney Calls

Andersen v Becker Co. MN Settlement Transaction of Settlement Attorney Calls Monitored 2010 CASE 0:08-cv-05687-ADM-RLE Document 82 Filed 05/04/10 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT ...

California AG’s Spokesman Resigns After Caught Taping Phone Conversations

Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Telephone Monitoring

California AG’s Spokesman Resigns After Caught Taping Phone Conversations by Michael Brodheim Just days after being accused of violating state law by secretly recording telephone ...

Call Your Attorney from Jail, Go to Prison

Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010

Filed under: Attorney Client, Telephones, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring

at an Oakland, California jail. In Broward County, the sheriff settled a class-action suit that was filed after two prisoners learned their supposedly “privileged” attorney calls were not so privileged after all ...