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Smart Communications v. GTL, PA, Complaint, Antitrust Violations, 2021

Brief • October 6, 2021

Filed under: Telephone Rates, Antitrust Offenses, Bid-Rigging, Price-Fixing, etc.

must spend money to pay for collect telephone calls—both intrastate and interstate— initiated by YCP inmates. V. INDUSTRY BACKGROUND 18. Correctional facilities in the United States have traditionally ...

$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 ...

McGill v. Clements, PA, Complaint, Solitary for Dreadlocks, 2020

Brief • February 20, 2020

Filed under: Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, RLUIPA, Telephones, Religious Freedom, Religious Practices, First Amendment, rights

McGill v. Clements, PA, Complaint, Solitary for Dreadlocks, 2020 Case 3:19-cv-01712-JFS Document 30 Filed 02/20/20 Page 1 of 16 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ERIC S. MCGILL, JR., : : Plaintiff, : : v. : : TIMOTHY L. CLEMENTS, : Deputy Warden of …

Imagine Pleading Guilty Because You Can’t Afford to Call Your Lawyer

Article • February 19, 2019

Filed under: Jail Specific, Money/Property, Telephone Rates, First Amendment, rights

Imagine Pleading Guilty Because You Can’t Afford to Call Your Lawyer by Victoria Law By Victoria Law, Truthout Imagine paying $20.12 for a 15-minute phone call. That’s how much a call from the Jennings Adult Correctional Facility in Missouri costs. In 2013, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) set price caps …

Criticism of Commission-based Phone Contract at Pennsylvania County Prison

Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018

Filed under: Telephone Rates

*Link (GTL), one of the nation’s largest prison and jail telephone service providers, has contracted with the York County Prison under a “commission” arrangement that provides kickbacks ...

Tablets and E-messaging Services Expand in Prisons and Jails, as do Fees

Article • April 2, 2018 • from PLN April, 2018

Filed under: Computers, Telephone Access

Tablets and E-messaging Services Expand in Prisons and Jails, as do Fees by Matthew Clarke, Edward Lyon by Matt Clarke and Ed Lyon Global Tel*Link (GTL), one of the largest prison and jail phone service providers in the United States, has steadily expanded into other services that target corrections agencies. …

Pennsylvania Rates May 2017

Kickback publication • May 10, 2017

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

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Pennsylvania Kickback FY2012

Kickback publication • May 10, 2017

Filed under: Telephones

Pennsylvania Kickback FY2012

FCC comment re lack of ICS transparency - June 2016

Publication • June 29, 2016

Filed under: Public Records, Telephones, HRDC Publications

of collecting a percentage of telephone revenue in exchange for permission to render services to prisoners and their families under a monopoly contract.” 2 HRDC’s opinion on this matter has not changed. In its ...

Cell Phones Confiscated from Prisoners Given to Charities

Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015

Filed under: Prisoner Property, Cell Phone Access

Cell Phones Confiscated from Prisoners Given to Charities by Christopher Zoukis Cell Phones Confiscated from Prisoners Given to Charities by Christopher Zoukis Thousands of cell phones seized from prisoners nationwide have been donated to charitable causes, including domestic violence programs and Cell Phones for Soldiers. Cell phones are considered contraband …

In Memory of Jon E. Yount (1938-2012)

Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013

Filed under: Eulogies, Voting, Crime/Demographics, Census, Parole, Telephone Rates, Suicides

.” In Yount v. T-Netix, Jon brought the prison system’s abusive telephone rates and billing practices before the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and won refunds in 2008. The Department of Corrections ...

Court Finds Pennsylvania Jail’s Phone Bidding Process was Rigged; Contract Awarded to Another Company

Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012

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

Court Finds Pennsylvania Jail’s Phone Bidding Process was Rigged; Contract Awarded to Another Company by The bidding process used to select the telephone contractor for Pennsylvania’s ...

Yount v. T-Netix Inc, PA, Commission Order, Public Utility, 2008

Brief • January 5, 2008

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

involving the efforts of T-Netix to provide telephone service to prison inmates throughout Pennsylvania. On March 22, 2004, Jon E. Yount, AC-8297, filed a Complaint against T-Netix. Twenty-one other inmates 2 ...

BOP Liable for Medical Neglect under State Tort Law

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Medical, Skeletal Injury, Malpractice, Attorney Fee Awards, State Law Claims, Federal Tort Claims Act, Equal Access to Justice Act, Attorney Calls

, which amounted to malpractice. While the court also found the BOP had deliberately interfered with plaintiff's attorney calls, the court held the BOP was liable only for the medical claims. Plaintiff ...

No Subpoena Required to Record Prison Phone Calls

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Monitoring

No Subpoena Required to Record Prison Phone Calls by The court of appeals for the Second circuit held that federal prisoners at the USP in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, had received adequate notice that their phone calls were monitored and recorded. In this criminal prosecution for prison drug trafficking, the court held …

No Absolute Immunity for Illegal Wiretap; Qualified Immunity Standard Issued

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Telephones, Telephone Monitoring, Qualified Immunity

that officer with absolute immunity from suit. In 1970, Attorney General John Mitchell authorized a warrantless wiretap of William Davidson's telephone for the purpose of gathering intelligence regarding ...

Malicious Use of Force Violates Eighth Amendment

Article • October 15, 2001 • from PLN October, 2001

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Summary Judgment, Telephones, Attorney Calls

Malicious Use of Force Violates Eighth Amendment by John E Dannenberg The Third Circuit held that in claims alleging the malicious use of force by prison guards the wantonness of the attack, rather than the degree of injury suffered, is the dispositive issue for courts reviewing such claims on summary …

Double Celling Pre-Trial Detainees Violates Due Process

Article • April 15, 1994 • from PLN April, 1994

Filed under: Political Prisoners, Strip Searches, Arrestee Searches, Overcrowding, Bedding, Telephones, Telephone Access, Qualified Immunity, Municipal Liability

include: double celling of pre-trial detainees, blanket strip and body cavity searches of all arrestees and restricted telephone access during the first 48 hours of captivity. In several cases ...

Updated Commission Totals for Pennsylvania 2011-2012

Kickback publication

Filed under: Telephones

Updated Commission Totals for Pennsylvania 2011-2012 Pennsylvania Commission Information 2011-2012 ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Bensinger, Susan <sbensinger@pa.gov> Date: Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 7:39 AM Subject: RE: FW: PA DOC Information To: "Alex F." <stein919@gmail.com> Commission information for FY11 and FY12: FY11 – 7/1/11 to 6/30/12 - $7,361,264.77 FY12 – …

PA Full Contract with MCI-GTL 2007 with Extensions through 2013 Part 2

Kickback publication

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

and Pay Telephone Line~ 2. All other applicable rates, charges and regulations can be found in other tariffs of the Telephone Company. 3. The local calling areas of each Exchange Area are those which ...