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New Jersey Phone Rates Out of Control

Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007

Filed under: Prisoner Privileges, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Telephone Rates

New Jersey Phone Rates Out of Control by Gary Hunter Two calls a week from her incarcerated son costs Marjorie Arniotis over $150 per month. Lorraine Green pays around $200 a month to talk to her imprisoned son and was paying more until one of her sons was acquitted in …

Appeals Court Reverses Summary Judgment of Washington Phone Suit

Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007

Filed under: State Law Claims, Telephone Rates, Immunity/Liability, Contractor Liability

Appeals Court Reverses Summary Judgment of Washington Phone Suit by A Washington appeals court has overturned a lower court's grant of summary judgment to telephone companies in a lawsuit ...

Florida Utilities Commission v Evercom Fl Def Interr and Rfp Jail Phone Overcharge 2007

Brief • March 12, 2007

Filed under: Telephones

Address P 0 Box 15573 / Tallahassee, Florida 32317 Main Telephone (850) 222-0720 / Fax (850) 224-4359 02226 HAR 12: FPSC-COr.;;.I';";<l'i 'I 3 c . BEFORE THE FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION In re ...

From the Editor

Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007

Filed under: Editorials, Telephones, Telephone Rates

and be able to, if not meet them yet, at least talk on the phone. Texas is the only prison system that does not allow its prisoners to have telephone access. Last month's issue of PLN had a cover story ...

Confronting Confinement, A Report On Safety and Abuse In America’s Prisons, Vera Justice Institute (2006), 118 pp.

Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007

Filed under: Reviews, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Totality of Conditions, Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Telephone Rates

Confronting Confinement, A Report On Safety and Abuse In America’s Prisons, Vera Justice Institute (2006), 118 pp. by John Dannenberg Confronting Confinement, A Report On Safety and Abuse In America's Prisons, Vera Justice Institute (2006), 118 pp. Reviewed by John E. Dannenberg The Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's …

Cleaning up Mississippi’s Supermax: Conditions Suit Settled

Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007

Filed under: CMS, Medical, Contagious Disease -- Misc., Exercise, Sewage, Sanitation, Reading Materials, Vermin, Restraints, Telephone Rates, Ad-Seg Hearings, ACA

Cleaning up Mississippi’s Supermax: Conditions Suit Settled by David Reutter Cleaning up Mississippi's Supermax: Conditions Suit Settled by David M. Reutter A class action lawsuit filed on behalf of prisoners at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman charged that the totality of conditions are so "hellish" that it makes "Unit …

Ex-Communication: Competition and Collusion in the U.S. Prison Telephone Industry

Article • January 15, 2007 • from PLN January, 2007

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Crime, Statistics/Trends, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

of prison telephone access in the U.S. is itself of relatively recent vintage. Until the early 1970s, prisoners of the state and federal prison systems were limited to one collect call every three months ...

Tenth Circuit Reinstates Colorado Ad Seg Conditions Claims

Article • January 15, 2007 • from PLN January, 2007

Filed under: Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Exercise, Showers, Frivolous Litigation (PLRA), Court Access, Law Library Access/Adequacy, Limitations, Telephone Access

confinement in three state prisons from September 2000 to August 2003. He was locked down all but five hours per week and alleges he was denied access to a telephone, showers, outdoor exercise, law library ...

Florida Utilities Commission v Evercom Fl Def Notice of Serving Jail Phone Overcharge 2006.pdf

Brief • December 18, 2006

Filed under: Telephones

/ Tallahassee, Florida 32317 Main Telephone: ( 8 5 0 ) 2 2 2 - 0 7 2 0 / Fax: ( 8 5 0 ) 2 2 4 - 4 3 5 9 FPSC-Cf!HHlSS1(7PI CLERK L BEFORE THE FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION In re: Compliance investigation ...

Missouri Prisoner Calls Get Cheaper; But Lowest Bid Rejected

Article • December 15, 2006 • from PLN December, 2006

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Missouri Prisoner Calls Get Cheaper; But Lowest Bid Rejected by The competitive bid process is normally used by state agencies to compel companies to compete with lower bids while providing the same service. Usually, the lowest bid prevails. In the case of providing collect calls for Missouri prisons, the contract …

Florida Utilities Commission v Evercom Fl Def Obj and Motion to Quash Subpoena 2 Jail Phone Overcharge 2006.pdf

Brief • November 30, 2006

Filed under: Telephones

made from inmate pay telephones _________________________________________/ Docket No. 060614-TC Filed: November 30, 2006 EVERCOM SYSTEMS, INC. D/B/A CORRECTIONAL BILLING SERVICES OBJECTIONS ...

Florida Utilities Commission v Evercom Fl Def Address Change Jail Phone Overcharge 2006.pdf

Brief • November 16, 2006

Filed under: Telephones

re: Joint petition by TDS Telecom d/b/a TDS Telecom/Quincy Telephone; ALLTEL Florida, Inc.; Northeast Florida Telephone Company d/b/a NEFCOM; GTC, Inc. d/b/a GT Com; Smart City Telecommunications, LLC ...

Sample v Bop Dc Foia Phones Its Transfers and Commissary Complaint 2006

Brief • November 15, 2006

Filed under: Telephones

/15/2006 Satellite Low, Mr. Sample's Page 2 of 14 2680 Highway 301 telephone number is 912-427-0870. 4. Plaintiff Bernard Shaw's mailing address is Bernard Shaw #59469-004, P.O. BOX 26020 ...

Florida Utilities Commission v Evercom Fl Def Response to Interr Jail Phone Overcharge 2006.pdf

Brief • October 24, 2006

Filed under: Telephones

scw f3GA SEC - I ’ _ _ Regional Center Office Park / 2618 Centennial Place / Tallahassee, Florida 3 2 3 0 8 M a i l ~ n gAddress. P 0 Box 15579 / Tallahassee, Florida 32317 Main Telephone ( 8 5 0 ...

Florida Utilities Commission v Evercom Fl Notice Obj Response to Interr Jail Phone Overcharge 2006.pdf

Brief • October 24, 2006

Filed under: Telephones

Box 15579 / Tallahassee, Florida 32317 M a i n Telephone (850) 222-0720 / Fax (850) 224-4359 9785 OCT 24 % FPSC-COF.TEtISSlO%CL EFh? BEFORE THE FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION In re: Compliance ...

Florida Utilities Commission v Evercom Fl Def Response to Subpoena Jail Phone Overcharge 2006.pdf

Brief • October 23, 2006

Filed under: Telephones

pay telephones ) ) ) Docket 1 ) ) ) STATE OF FLORIDA AT&T’S COMMUNICATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES, LLC/d/b/a AT&T RESPONSE TO SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM WITHOUT DEPOSITION Request No. I : Any and all ...

Texas Prisoner Gets 40 Years For Cellphone; Guards Get Probation

Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Crime, Telephone Access

Texas Prisoner Gets 40 Years For Cellphone; Guards Get Probation by Michael Rigby In April 2006 a Texas prisoner was sentenced to 40 years in prison for possessing a contraband cell phone--8 years more than the 32-year sentence he was already serving for auto theft. The sentence, the longest anyone …

Virginia's General Assembly Sells Out Prisoners' Families for Phone Money

Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006

Filed under: Telephone Rates, News, State Legislation

Virginia's General Assembly Sells Out Prisoners' Families for Phone Money by Gary Hunter Virginia's General Assembly reneged on their agreement with a prisoner advocate group to substantially reduce phone rates between prisoners and their families. Virginia's Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) had lobbied for years to have …

Florida DOC Cuts Prisoner Collect Call Costs by 30%

Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Florida DOC Cuts Prisoner Collect Call Costs by 30% by David Reutter by David M. Reutter For over 10 years, the family and friends of Florida prisoners have paid exorbitant costs to communicate with their imprisoned loved one. I dont think that's right, said interim secretary of Florida's Department of …

Survivors of Texas Jail Suicidee Win $516,000 Against Phone Provider

Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006

Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Costs, Telephone Access, Municipal Liability, Product Liability, Mental Health, Suicides

Survivors of Texas Jail Suicidee Win $516,000 Against Phone Provider by Matthew T. Clarke The mother and son of a prisoner who committed suicide by hanging himself from a telephone in his ...