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Jewel v. National Security Agency, et. al., CA, Complaint, Jury Demand, Illegal Surveillance, 2008.pdf

Brief • September 18, 2008

Filed under: Complaints, Class Notice, Administrative Procedures Act (Federal), Telephone Monitoring, Internet, First Amendment, rights, Fourth Amendment, rights, Police State-Surveillance

of telecommunications companies such as AT&T that carry Americans’ Internet and telephone communications. 9. Using this shadow network of surveillance devices, Defendants have acquired and 9 10 11 continue to acquire ...

Jail Phone Wiretapping Exempt from California Invasion of Privacy Act, FCA

Article • August 15, 2008

Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Telephone Rates

Jail Phone Wiretapping Exempt from California Invasion of Privacy Act, FCA by California state prisoner David Windham appealed the refusal of a court to suppress jail telephone recordings ...

Authorities Listen in on Attorney-Client Calls at Jails in FL, CA and TX

Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008

Filed under: Criminal Prosecution, Telephones, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring

Department claimed the attorney calls had been recorded due to an “inadvertent glitch” in the phone system, according to the Union Tribune. The system was not supposed to record calls placed to phone numbers ...

"Let Freedom Ring" -- Cellphones Abound In California Prisons

Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008

Filed under: Crime, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

"Let Freedom Ring" -- Cellphones Abound In California Prisons by Over 1,000 cellphones and Blackberrys were confiscated in California's 33 prisons in the past year. While such contraband was at a trickle seven years ago, the technology has reduced the size of these items to permit a veritable flood today …

CA Prisoner's Convictions for Conspiracy to Smuggle Drugs Vacated for Bad Jury Instructions

Article • January 15, 2008

Filed under: Criminal Prosecution, Conspiracy, Jury Instructions, Telephones, Telephone Monitoring

CA Prisoner's Convictions for Conspiracy to Smuggle Drugs Vacated for Bad Jury Instructions by Jaime Jasso, a California state prisoner, made several phone calls to someone outside of prison named Ruben. Guards monitored those calls and discovered that their purpose was for Passo to give Ruben directions for obtaining drugs …

Using Jail Phones After Verbal and Posted Warnings of Recording Implies Consent

Article • December 15, 2007

Filed under: Criminal Prosecution, Telephones, Telephone Monitoring

Using Jail Phones After Verbal and Posted Warnings of Recording Implies Consent by California detainee David Windham appealed a decision holding that recordings of jail-placed phone conversations were lawful and could be used for conviction purposes. Windham asked his girlfriend for money while shopping. She refused and he followed her …

Evidence From Tape-Recorded Conversation Not Admissible

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Criminal Prosecution, Telephones, Telephone Monitoring

Evidence From Tape-Recorded Conversation Not Admissible by In this criminal proceeding, the Supreme Court of California held that evidence from a car towed from defendant's apartment was admissible, but evidence from a tape-recorded conversation between the defendant and his wife was not. After his arrest, defendant's wife was permitted to …

Collect Only Telephone Calls to Attorneys Denies Access to Counsel

Article • May 15, 2007

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

Collect Only Telephone Calls to Attorneys Denies Access to Counsel by The California First District Court of Appeal has held that pre-trial detainee's have a right to a direct line telephone ...

Jail Detainee Has Right of Court Access

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Court Access, Legal Materials, Telephone Access, Attorney Calls

Jail Detainee Has Right of Court Access by The court of appeals for the Ninth circuit held that a California jail detainee's court access rights were violated when the jail interfered with court ordered local and long distance phone calls, legal materials, subpoena runner and obtaining legal materials and an …

Los Angeles County Jail Conditions Unconstitutional

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Totality of Conditions, Ventilation, Exercise, Jail Specific, Lighting, Court Access, Law Library Access/Adequacy, Court Appearances, Telephone Access

Los Angeles County Jail Conditions Unconstitutional by A California federal district court held the conditions at the Los Angeles County Jail were unconstitutional. This class action suit resulted in a non-jury trial that alleged violations of the pre-trial detainees' constitutional rights under the Fourteenth Amendment. The court found the detainees …

Prisoner Telephone Calls In County Jail Can Be Recorded

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Monitoring

Prisoner Telephone Calls In County Jail Can Be Recorded by Federal prisoner Gary Friedman filed a motion to suppress tape recordings of certain telephone conversations that he made to his ...

BOP Prison Phone Suit Wrongly Dismissed

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Retaliation, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Venue, Telephone Access

BOP Prison Phone Suit Wrongly Dismissed by New federal prison telephone policies limiting prisoners to 300 minutes per calendar month were instituted after the Bureau of Prisons settled ...

Private Prison Contractor Who Allegedly Diverted $1.6 Million in Telephone Revenues Sues California DOC

Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006

Filed under: Private Prisons, Marantha Private Corrections, Telephone Rates

Private Prison Contractor Who Allegedly Diverted $1.6 Million in Telephone Revenues Sues California DOC by Private Prison Contractor Who Allegedly Diverted $1.6 Million in Telephone ...

Phone Companies Gouge California Jail Prisoners' Families

Article • April 15, 2005 • from PLN April, 2005

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, Attorney Calls

, explained the higher costs away only by saying that jail telephone systems are more complex." Michel Hennessey, San Francisco County Sheriff, noted that some sheriffs - who find the booty easy money to fill ...

California Awards MCI WorldCom Another Sole-Source Prisoner Phone Contract

Article • April 15, 2005 • from PLN April, 2005

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

sites. According to Lorretta Fine, CDC's Telecommunications Branch (TB) Chief, the new contract is designed to aid CDC investigative staff. Statewide reports on telephone use can be generated. Auto ...

California Demands $1.6 Million In Diverted Telephone Revenues From Private Prison Contractor

Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005

Filed under: Marantha Private Corrections, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Telephone Rates

California Demands $1.6 Million In Diverted Telephone Revenues From Private Prison Contractor by John E Dannenberg California Demands $1.6 Million In Diverted Telephone Revenues From ...

California Class Action Lawsuit Targets Unauthorized Prison Phone Charges

Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004

Filed under: Class Certification, Telephones, Telephone Rates, Attorney Calls

California Class Action Lawsuit Targets Unauthorized Prison Phone Charges by A lawsuit currently pending in a California state court claims that certain providers of prison telephone ...

Scandal-Ridden, Bankrupt MCI WorldCom Wins No-Bid California Prisoner Phone Contract

Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003

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

by the California Department of General Services to MCI WorldCom, a telephone conglomerate whose recent bankruptcy exposed the largest accounting fraud in US business history - $11 billion. The non-competitive award ...

Secretly Recorded California Jail Phone Conversations May Be Used to Convict

Article • July 15, 2003 • from PLN July, 2003

Filed under: Criminal Prosecution, Telephones, Telephone Monitoring

of arson and two counts of first degree murder. Unbeknownst to her, while awaiting trial in county jail, her telephone conversations with non-attorney visitors were recorded - at the request of the district ...

San Mateo County Sues California Jail Phone Service Providers

Article • May 15, 2003 • from PLN May, 2003

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

San Mateo County Sues California Jail Phone Service Providers by San Mateo County Sues California Jail Phone Service Providers On July 7, 2002, the county of San Mateo, California, brought suit against Pacific Bell and AT&T alleging they cheated the county out of millions of dollars earmarked for a fund …