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First Circuit Rejects Request by Securus and Pay Tel to Stay FCC Prison Phone Rate Caps

Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025

Filed under: Telephone Rates, Private Phone Contractors, Securus

First Circuit Rejects Request by Securus and Pay Tel to Stay FCC Prison Phone Rate Caps by On November 18, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued two orders denying motions filed by Securus Technologies, LLC, and Pay Tel Communications, Inc., seeking to stay implementation …

NJPP-PrisonProfiteers- How Private Companies Profit From Prison Phone Calls and Harm New Jersey Residents-Aug2024

Publication • August 1, 2024

Filed under: Telephone Rates, Private Phone Contractors

of Corrections Ombudsperson, many people incarcerated in New Jersey do not feel they have enough time on the telephone to maintain relationships with their loved ones.xv Still, the majority indicated the phone ...

Special Report, Visits and Phone Calls, NJ Office of the Corrections Ombudsperson (April 2024)

Publication • April 1, 2024

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Visiting, Video Visitation

% circled telephone as well as another communication method on the survey form. When asked why telephone access was important to them, survey respondents and individuals at each of the facilities who were ...

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 ...

James v. GTL, NJ, Settlement Agreement, Phone Justice, 2020

Brief • May 28, 2020

Filed under: Telephone Rates

)(MF) Plaintiffs v. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT GLOBAL TEL*LINK CORPORATION, INMATE TELEPHONE SERVICE, and DSI-ITI LLC, Defendants. THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of the 28th day of May ...

James v. GTL, NJ, Brief in Support of Motion, Phone Justice, 2020

Brief • May 28, 2020

Filed under: Telephone Rates

JERSEY BOBBIE JAMES, et al. on behalf of themselves Civil Action No. 13-4989 (WJM)(MF) and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs v. GLOBAL TEL*LINK CORPORATION, INMATE TELEPHONE SERVICE, and DSIITI LLC ...

NJ DOC Inmate Telephone Rates 2019

Kickback publication • August 14, 2019

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring, Cell Phone Access

NJ DOC Inmate Telephone Rates 2019 8/14/2019 Select Language NJDOC Inmate Telephone System Information Translate Powered by (After making a selection translation will being. This may take a few ...

New Jersey No Kickbacks (2016)

Kickback publication • January 16, 2019

Filed under: Telephones

New Jersey No Kickbacks (2016) CHAPTER 37 AN ACT concerning inmate telephone charges and supplementing Title 30 of the Revised Statutes. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State ...

New Jersey Federal Court Certifies Class-Action Suit Against Global*Tel Link

Article • December 5, 2018 • from PLN December, 2018

Filed under: Class Certification, Telephone Rates

purchased from telecom providers for as little as $.00018 per minute.... Because GTL’s contracts with the DOC and counties were exclusive, Plaintiffs – unlike normal telephone users – could ...

Securus Technologies v. Chris Christie, NJ, ACLU Amicus Brief, 2017

Brief • June 7, 2017

Filed under: Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Fifth Amendment

commissions or surcharges for telephone usage by inmates. N.J.S.A. 30:48.12(b). In so doing, New Jersey took a critical step in ending grossly exploitative inmate telephone rates. 5 In short, New Jersey had ...

New Jersey rates as of April 2017

Kickback publication • April 26, 2017

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

New Jersey rates as of April 2017 4/26/2017 NJDOC Inmate Telephone System Information AgriIndustries home about us frequently asked questions contact us ...

Securus Technologies v. Chris Christie, NJ, AG Letter Supporting MTD - DOC Phone Contracts (2017)

Brief • April 10, 2017

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

:4-8.12, enacted on on August 31, 2016, operates to enacted 3 0:4-8.12, 1 1 County and County in State State and inmates in for inmates service for telephone service affordable affordable telephone ...

Jail Official Convicted of Illegally Recording Phone Conversations Loses Appeal

Article • January 10, 2017 • from PLN January, 2017

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Jail Misconduct, Telephone Monitoring, Guard Unions

Jail Official Convicted of Illegally Recording Phone Conversations Loses Appeal by Christopher Zoukis A former high-ranking official at a New Jersey county jail, convicted on federal charges for illegally listening to and recording the private phone conversations of jail union leaders, has lost his appeal and will remain in federal …

New Jersey Prison Phone Class-action Suit Against Global Tel*Link Continues

Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

New Jersey Prison Phone Class-action Suit Against Global Tel*Link Continues by Derek Gilna A New Jersey federal district court denied a motion to dismiss filed by prison telecom giant Global Tel*Link (GTL) and its subsidiary DSI-ITI in a class-action lawsuit alleging predatory practices in providing phone service to New Jersey …

James v. GTL, NJ, Opinion, Telephone Terms of Service, 2016

Brief • February 11, 2016

Filed under: Trust Accounts, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

James v. GTL, NJ, Opinion, Telephone Terms of Service, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY BOBBIE JAMES, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GLOBAL TEL*LINK CORPORATION, INMATE ...

James v. GTL, NJ, Order on Motion to Compel Arbitration, Telephone Terms of Service, 2016

Brief • February 11, 2016

Filed under: Trust Accounts, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

James v. GTL, NJ, Order on Motion to Compel Arbitration, Telephone Terms of Service, 2016 Case 2:13-cv-04989-WJM-MF Document 117 Filed 02/11/16 Page 1 of 1 PageID: 1123 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ...

New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Retains High Phone Rates for County Jails

Article • September 21, 2015

Filed under: Telephone Rates

called for a cap, similar to New York’s rate of no more than $0.05 per minute, on intrastate collect telephone calls for New Jersey prisoners in county jails and state prisons. The Board noted ...

James v. GTL, NJ, Def Reply BiO to Motion to Compel Arbitration, Telephone Terms of Service, 2015

Brief • September 8, 2015

Filed under: Trust Accounts, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

James v. GTL, NJ, Def Reply BiO to Motion to Compel Arbitration, Telephone Terms of Service, 2015 Case 2:13-cv-04989-WJM-MF Document 103 Filed 09/08/15 Page 1 of 20 PageID: 894 UNITED STATES ...

James v. GTL, NJ, Opposition to Motion to Compel Arbitration, Telephone Terms of Service, 2015

Brief • August 25, 2015

Filed under: Trust Accounts, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

James v. GTL, NJ, Opposition to Motion to Compel Arbitration, Telephone Terms of Service, 2015 Case 2:13-cv-04989-WJM-MF Document 99 Filed 08/25/15 Page 1 of 35 PageID: 820 UNITED STATES DISTRICT ...

New Jersey County Seeks New Jail Phone Contract, Increases Commission Rate

Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

New Jersey County Seeks New Jail Phone Contract, Increases Commission Rate by Derek Gilna New Jersey County Seeks New Jail Phone Contract, Increases Commission Rate by Derek Gilna Officials in Bergen County, New Jersey are seeking bids on a new jail phone contract that will include an increase in the …