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USA v. Christopher, CA, Criminal Complaint, Smuggling Contraband to Inmates, 2021

Brief • 2021

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Cell Phone Access, Conspiracies, Attempts, Solicitations

my training and experience that cellular telephones are a valued commodity in prison that can also affect the safety and security of the inmates and employees of the institution. I know that CDCR ...

Sonoma County Jail Inmate Telephone and Commissary - Grand Jury Report 2020-2021

Brief • 2021

Filed under: Telephone Rates

of Incarcerated Telephone Access The Sheriff’s Office’s IWT revenue comes mainly from two sources: adding convenience storelevel mark-ups to commissary items, and the jail phone contract commissions. Incarcerated ...

FCC Public Notice Seeking Comment on Third Mandatory Data Collection for Inmate Calling Services, 2021

Publication • 2021

Filed under: Telephone Rates

minutes, average daily population, number of telephones installed, and the number of kiosks installed. Are there other types of data that would provide a more accurate picture of demand such See, e.g ...

California Public Utilities Commission - Ruling Denying PPI Motion to Compel GTL to Respond to Data Requests 4-27-21

Brief • April 27, 2021

Filed under: Telephone Rates

California Public Utilities Commission - Ruling Denying PPI Motion to Compel GTL to Respond to Data Requests 4-27-21 ALJ/CF1/smt 4/27/2021 FILED 04/27/21 11:52 AM BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Order Instituting Rulemaking to Consider Regulating Telecommunications Services Used by Incarcerated People. Rulemaking 20-10-002 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW …

Michigan Begins Video Visits During Coronavirus Pandemic

Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021

Filed under: COVID-19, Telephone Rates, Video Visitation

Michigan Begins Video Visits During Coronavirus Pandemic by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Over six months after concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic halted in-person visitation at Michigan state prisons in March 2020, the state Department of Corrections (DOC) launched a pilot program of video visitation on October 9 to …

People in jails are using more phone minutes during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite decreased jail populations

Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021

Filed under: COVID-19, Telephone Access, Reduction of Prison Population

People in jails are using more phone minutes during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite decreased jail populations by Andrea Fenster Our study of 14 jails finds that there were 8% more overall minutes used during the pandemic, despite the fact that nationwide jail populations have fallen about 15%. by Andrea Fenster, Prison …

Comments of Prison Policy Initiative Before the Iowa Utilities Board 03-18-2021

Brief • March 18, 2021

Filed under: Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

THE IOWA UTILITIES BOARD IN RE INQUIRY INTO REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR ALTERNATIVE OPERATOR SERVICES COMPANIES DOCKET NO. NOI-2019-0001 IN RE RELIANCE TELEPHONE OF GRAND FORKS, INC. DOCKET NO. TF-2019 ...

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

Brief • February 11, 2021

Filed under: Telephone Rates

name, address, and numbe Nancy Graddy First Legal Support 1814 "I" Street Sacramento, CA 95814 916 444-5111 Receptionist Si nature: · Name of Service Deputy, section, and telephone number: NOTES ...

Federal Judge in Georgia Grants Class Action Status to Prisoners’ Suit Against Global Tel*Link

Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Class Certification, Telephone Rates, Contractor Liability

Federal Judge in Georgia Grants Class Action Status to Prisoners’ Suit Against Global Tel*Link by Monday, November 30, 2020, was a big day for a group of Georgia prisoners suing their phone service provider, Global Tel*Link (GTL), over the company’s allegedly hidden policy of confiscating any unused funds in their …

Global Tel*Link Hit with Sanctions For Discovery Violations in Georgia Prison Call Class Action

Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021

Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Discovery, Telephone Rates, Contractor Liability

wished to communicate by telephone with an incarcerated person to first deposit money in a GTL account, from which the cost of each call was deducted. However, as noted by the judge in the Georgia ...

CoreCivic and Securus Technologies Agree to Pay $3.7 Million to Settle Suit for Illegally Recording Attorney-Client Conversations

Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Settlements, Telephones, Contractor Liability, Breach of Contract

in Maryland that operates state and federal prisons, jails and detention facilities, including the LDC. Securus Technologies is a private corporation that provides telephonic communication and recording ...

NBA Owner Capitalizes on Mass Incarceration; Players Silent

Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020

Filed under: JPay, Inc., Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Telephone Rates

billion under management. One of the companies in Platinum Equity’s portfolio is Aventiv, one of the largest companies providing telephone and money transfer services to prisoners. Operating under ...

Cost of Communicating with Prisoners Breaking Family Budgets During Pandemic

Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020

Filed under: COVID-19, Telephone Rates

Cost of Communicating with Prisoners Breaking Family Budgets During Pandemic by David Reutter by David M. Reutter For those with loved ones in prisons, the coronavirus pandemic has increased the desire for communication to ensure the well-being of the imprisoned. The exorbitant cost of such calls is straining already-stretched budgets. …

Federal Judge Approves $25 Million Class Action Settlement Against Global Tel*Link

Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020

Filed under: Private Prisons, Telephone Rates, Class Actions

telephone calls through the company from New Jersey prisoners before June 2010 or in Essex County, N.J., before June 2011, would be able to file claims. GTL also had been heavily criticized for requiring ...

Massachusetts Jail Phone Cost Reductions Under Attack

Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020

Filed under: Telephone Rates

Evangelidis’ jail holds mental health, education, substance abuse and music programs. These programs are funded through telephone revenue “commissions” paid to Cocchi by ICSolutions ...

$225,000 Windfall in Lehigh County, Pa. But Officials Don’t Cut Jail Phone Costs

Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020

Filed under: COVID-19, Telephone Rates

$225,000 Windfall in Lehigh County, Pa. But Officials Don’t Cut Jail Phone Costs by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Renegotiation of its jail telephone contract netted Pennsylvania’s ...

CA Public Utilities Commission, order instituting rulemaking, just phone rates for prisoners, 2020

Brief • October 19, 2020

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, First Amendment, rights

and their families have access to intrastate telecommunication service at just and reasonable rates. To that end, the Commission will consider whether it should exercise its jurisdiction over the telephone ...

Federal Trade Commission v. Disruption Theory, et al., CA, complaint, deceptive calling plans, 2020

Brief • October 5, 2020

Filed under: Telephones, Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA)

Federal Trade Commission v. Disruption Theory, et al., CA, complaint, deceptive calling plans, 2020 FILED Case 3:20-cv-06919-VC Document 1 Filed 10/05/20 Page 1 of 15 Oct 05 2020 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALDEN F. ABBOTT General Counsel SUSANY. SOONG CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT …

Letter to Governors Cuomo and Hutchinson Regarding Affordable Prison Communication Services

Publication • September 22, 2020

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Letter to Governors Cuomo and Hutchinson Regarding Affordable Prison Communication Services September 22, 2020 The Honorable Andrew Cuomo Governor of the State of New York and Chair of the National Governor’s Association The Honorable Asa Hutchinson Governor of the State of Arkansas and Vice Chair of the National Governor’s Association …

San Francisco Eliminates Fees on Jail Phone Calls

Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020

Filed under: Commissary, Telephone Rates

’s unanimous July 14, 2020 vote to end jail telephone call and commissary fees. Before this, California law authorized counties to charge prisoners for telephone calls and jail commissary items ...