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$522,458 Rebate Ordered in California Prisoner Phone Overcharges

Article • November 15, 2001 • from PLN November, 2001

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

contracts to the highest bidder; that is, to the bidder who offers CDC the greatest kickback. These reports state that this kickback amounts to a whopping 4044% of the gross telephone revenue billed ...

California Racial Segregation Case Reversed; Phone Claim Dismissed

Article • November 15, 2001 • from PLN November, 2001

Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Civil Procedure, Limitations, Conspiracy (Civil Procedure), Telephone Rates

of Johnson’s telephone conspiracy claims holding that a prisoner’s First Amendment right to telephone access is subject to reasonable limitations and that prisoners are not entitled to a specific telephone rate ...

California Dials Wrong Number

Article • November 15, 2001 • from PLN November, 2001

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Telephones, Telephone Access

California Dials Wrong Number by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely In reaction to bad publicity, lawsuits, and legislative hearings following a record number of fatal shootings of unarmed male prisoners, staged fights, and the sexual abuse and medical neglect of women prisoners, California established the allegedly independent Office of Inspector …

Sweeping ADA/RA Jail Settlement Benefits Hearing Impaired Prisoners

Article • August 15, 2000 • from PLN August, 2000

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Fire Hazards, Jail Specific, Attorney Fee Awards, Court Appearances, Civil Procedure, Damages, Settlements, Defenses, State Law Claims, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Interpreters, Telephone Access

telephone access to the DOC by hearing impaired callers making calls to the DOC through the California Relay Service or other similar services by offering to immediately transfer all such calls to a live ...

Phone Profits 'Benefit' Jail Detainees

Article • October 15, 1998 • from PLN October, 1998

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

Phone Profits 'Benefit' Jail Detainees by The Stanislaus County (CA) Jail has a contract with Correctional Communication Corp., a private telephone company that caters to the Prison ...

Prisoner Calls Big Business in CA

Article • November 15, 1997 • from PLN November, 1997

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

with "public pay telephones." Yet the "public" pays only a $1.05 surcharge when using a pay phone. Only those accepting collect calls from CA prisoners are forced to pay the $3.00 surcharge. Prisoners' families ...

No Right to Unmonitored Prison Calls

Article • November 15, 1996 • from PLN November, 1996

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Monitoring

investigative or law enforcement officers to intercept communications in the course of their duties. "MDC is a law enforcement agency whose employees tape all outbound inmate telephone calls; interception ...

Pro Se Detainee Has Access Rights

Article • October 15, 1993 • from PLN October, 1993

Filed under: Law Library Access/Adequacy, Photocopies, Mootness, Telephones, Attorney Calls

Pro Se Detainee Has Access Rights by A detainee held in the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) at San Diego, named Gust Janis, was awaiting trial on federal drug manufacturing and possession charges. Janis was also involved in a number of other criminal and civil cases, telling the court he has …

CA Contract with MCI Worldcom -- Amendment 3 -- 2008

Kickback publication

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Amendment No.3 Page 2 of 2 INMATEIWARD TELEPHONE SYSTEM (IWTS) CONTRACT ATTACHMENT 7-A PRICING WORKBOOK BIDDER QUOTES Service Level 1 Call Type Baseline Call Volume Previous Contract's Collect Call ...

CA Contract Request for Proposal -- Attachment 7a -- Pricing Workbook 2004

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

CA Contract Request for Proposal -- Attachment 7a -- Pricing Workbook 2004 IWTS Attachment 7·A Pricing Workbook Service Level 1 Call Type Local Intralata Interlata Interstate International "lilaaer uuotes Surcharge (Note 1) Current Rate Per Minute (Note 2) Baseline Rate Per Minute (Note 3) 5% $0.0:: $ 0.04 $0.0:: $ …

CA Contract with GTL 2012-2018 Part 1

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

CA Contract with GTL 2012-2018 Part 1 CALIFORNIA TECHNOLOGY AGENCY AGREEMENT OTP 11Ͳ126805 INMATE/WARD TELEPHONE SYSTEM/MANAGED ACCESS SYSTEM SERVICES ATTACHMENT 1 STATEMENT OF WORK 1. PURPOSE ...

CA Contract with GTL 2012-2018 Part 2

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

CA Contract with GTL 2012-2018 Part 2 CALIFORNIA TECHNOLOGY AGENCY ATTACHMENT 1 Ͳ AGREEMENT OTP 11Ͳ126805 INMATE WARD TELEPHONE SYSTEM/MANAGED ACCESS SYSTEM SERVICES The Prime Contractor shall ...

CA Contract with MCI Worldcom -- Amendment 2 -- 2007

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

CA Contract with MCI Worldcom -- Amendment 2 -- 2007 STATE OF CALIFORNIA STANDARD AGREEMENT AMENDMENT STD. 213 A (Rev 6I03l Pa cs CHECK HERE II,' ADDITIONAL PAGES ARE ATIACIIED AGREEMENT NUMBER AMENDMENT NUMBER IWTS RFP DGS 3037 2 lOTS-5TNO-ONS-031 REGISTRATION NUMBER 1760080589986.1 This Aareement is entered into between the …

CA Contract with MCI Worldcom 2004

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

CA Contract with MCI Worldcom 2004 IWTS RFP 005-3037 STAnC'~ STANDARD AGREEME 'T STANDARD AGREEMENT STD.IIJ(l'lW~ FOR I.T. GOODS/SERVICES ONLY l. This Agreement is entered imo between the State Agency and the Contractor narned below STATE AOENCY'S NAME lbmafta glled The SIan: Department of General Services eotmIACTOR'SNAME HeI Worldcom Cpmmunications …

CA Request for Proposal for Contract Renewal 2004

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

CA Request for Proposal for Contract Renewal 2004 STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES (DGS) Request For Proposal (RFP) RFP DGS-3037 RENEWAL OF INMATE/WARD TELEPHONE SYSTEM (IWTS ...

CA Prison Phone Legislation Ending Kickbacks 2007

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Services, shall amend any contracts that provide telephone services to wards and inmates in state facilities in order to limit the amount of state concession fees as follows: (1) The concession fees shall ...

CA Contract Request for Proposal -- Attachment 6d -- Service Support Requirements 2004

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

by the Contractor and State. Remedial maintenance, including parts and labor, is performed by the Contractor on an unscheduled basis as a result of system, hardware, public switched telephone network, or software ...

CA Contract with GTL 2012-2018 Part 4

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

will be capable of terminating IWTS telephone calls. The system shall record all calls, complete and incomplete, and Prime Contractor shall make those recordings available to CDCR for the term of the Contract ...

CA Contract Request for Proposal -- Attachment 3 2003

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

CA Contract Request for Proposal -- Attachment 3 2003 STATE MODEL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MAINTENANCE SPECIAL PROVISIONS TO BE USED WITH THE GENERAL PROVISIONS – IT. DEVELOP AND INCLUDE A STATEMENT OF WORK. The following terms and conditions are superseded and replaced by any alternate or inconsistent terms and conditions in …

CA Contract Request for Proposal -- Attachment 2 2004

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

, maintenance and repair of Inmate Telephones, Ward Telephones, monitors, recording equipment, and any other related Equipment in accordance with the terms of this Contract. 15. CONTINUING SERVICES STANDARDS ...