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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 …
MI DOC - GTL telephone rate
Kickback publication • January 3, 2019
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
MI DOC - GTL telephone rate A. The legal business name; address; telephone number; a description of subcontractor’s organization and the services it will provide; and information concerning ...
MI DOC - GTL special equipment fund revenue
Kickback publication • January 3, 2019
Filed under: Telephones
MI DOC - GTL special equipment fund revenue A. The legal business name; address; telephone number; a description of subcontractor’s organization and the services it will provide; and information ...
Michigan DOC Commissions 2015-2018
Kickback publication • November 8, 2018
Filed under: Telephones
Michigan DOC Commissions 2015-2018 PCS Contract: Michigan DOC Supplier Code: ZZMIDOC Fiscal Period: January 2015 Public Co1nnn1nications Services December 26 - January 25 2609 Cameron St. Mobile, AL 36607 SUMMARY SPECIAL EQUIPMENT FUND REPORT i I , i : Band 1 I I Debit Local Collect/Prepaid Local Debit Interstate Collect …
Michigan DOC - GTL Contract 2018-2023
Kickback publication • November 2, 2018
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Monitoring
in the preamble. “Equipment” means all hardware and peripherals supplied by Contractor under this Contract, including but not limited to, telephone sets, routers, switches, UPS, TTY, carts, kiosks, computers, work ...
Michigan Rates February 2014
Kickback publication • October 11, 2018
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates
, with their debit account. For any questions regarding these calling options, please call PCS at 855-466-2832. PCS - Prisoner Telephone Rates Prisoner telephone rates are outlined in the table below (Effective ...
Global Tel Link v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, DC, Amicus Brief for States of MN, IL, MA, NM, NY, WA, and DC, Telephone Contact During Incarceration, 2016
Brief • September 19, 2016
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Family
. ................................................................. 8 C. The FCC’s Order Also Supports Improved Outcomes For Offenders’ Families And Children. ..................................................... 11 IMPLEMENTATION OF REASONABLE TELEPHONE RATES ...
$54,000 Attorney Fee and Cost Award in Successful First Amendment Litigation
Article • October 27, 2015
Filed under: Telephone Access
rights action alleging the refusal to allow him to make telephone calls to his family in Romania and Jordan violated his rights. The defendants moved for summary judgment, claiming he failed to state ...
McBride v. MDOC, MI, Class Action Complaint, Deaf Inmate Communication, 2015
Brief • March 31, 2015
Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Complaints, Americans with Disabilities Act, RLUIPA, Telephone Access, Video Visitation, First Amendment
in religious services; or access telephone and television services. Because Defendants have failed to provide them adequate assistance, Plaintiffs are forced to serve their time largely isolated from, and unable ...
HRDC comment to FCC re MI DOC phone rates June 2011
Publication • October 31, 2014
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, HRDC Publications
HRDC comment to FCC re MI DOC phone rates June 2011 HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER Dedicated to Protecting Human Rights www.prisonlegalnews.org afriedmann@prisonlegalnews.org Please Reply to Tennessee Office: Direct Dial: 615-495-6568 5331 Mt. View Rd. #130 Antioch, TN 37013 June 16, 2011 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary Federal Communications Commission Office …
Iswed v Caruso, MI, Opinion & Order granting plf app for attoney fees, prisoner overseas phone calls, 2013
Brief • February 14, 2013
Filed under: International, Telephones, Family
a number of causes of action, all based on the defendants’ refusal to allow him to make telephone calls to his family in Romania and Jordan. (Id.) This court dismissed Mr. Iswed’s case on its initial review ...
Edwards v. Wayne Co Deputy Sheriff et al, MI, Subpoena - Sprint, telephone records, 2011
Brief • August 31, 2011
Filed under: Disclosure of Records, Telephones, Telephone Monitoring
Edwards v. Wayne Co Deputy Sheriff et al, MI, Subpoena - Sprint, telephone records, 2011 ...
Low Rates in Michigan DOC Phone Contract Demonstrate Actual Cost of Prison Phone Services
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Low Rates in Michigan DOC Phone Contract Demonstrate Actual Cost of Prison Phone Services by Alex Friedmann PLN’s April 2011 cover story detailed the results of our comprehensive multi-year research project on prison phone services, including a state-by-state comparison of prison phone rates, commission (kickback) percentages, and the amounts of …
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 ...
Michigan Court Requires Total Administrative Exhaustion of All Claims
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Administrative Exhaustion, Telephones, Telephone Access
of unauthorized conduct, but challenges a permanent telephone restriction that was imposed pursuant to prison policy, and sues the warden and regional prison administrator who approved the restriction. At 742 ...
Acrimonious Michigan Prisoners' Rights Suit Settled After 15 Years
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Filed under: Clothing, Judiciary, Prisoner Legal Assistance, Law Library Access/Adequacy, Writing Implements, Photocopies, Administrative Exhaustion, Prisoner Property, Telephones, Telephone Access, Attorney Calls, Legal Mail, Attorney Visits
Acrimonious Michigan Prisoners' Rights Suit Settled After 15 Years by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A class-action lawsuit launched by Michigan state prisoners in 1988 which ultimately cost taxpayers $7.5 million in litigation costs was settled on November 4, 2003, resulting in prisoners gaining appropriate classification and psychiatric …
Alabama Officials Guilty in Phone Scam
Article • December 15, 2000 • from PLN December, 2000
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Telephone Rates
of interest while lobbying for the Public Service Commission, Boyett became their cover. Global sold the Alabama state prison contracts in 1993 to People's Telephone Co. in Miami. Ellis told the court that he ...
Alabama Phone System Upheld
Article • September 15, 1997 • from PLN September, 1997
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access
Alabama Phone System Upheld by The court of appeals for the eleventh circuit held that a lower court had erred in finding that a telephone calling list of ten people violated prisoners ...
ADA Requires Phones for Deaf
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN February, 1997
Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Damages, Standing, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Eleventh Amendment Immunity
ADA Requires Phones for Deaf by A federal district court in Michigan held that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. 12131 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794, requires state prison officials to provide prisoners and the people they call with Telecommunications Device for the …
MI Phone Rip Off
Article • September 15, 1993 • from PLN September, 1993
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
MI Phone Rip Off by B K I have read the article which appeared in PLN (Vol. 4, number 4) by Paul Wright about the prison telephone system. I was amazed to learn that the Washington DOC ...
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