Search | Prison Phone Justice

Two Victories in New York’s Struggle Against Unjust Telephone Contract

Article • April 15, 2007 • from PLN April, 2007

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Limitations, Telephone Rates, Contractor Liability

, 2004, as the campaign was heating up, CCR filed a suit against the New York State Department of Corrections and MCI over its monopoly contract and the exorbitant telephone rates family members and others ...

Tenth Circuit Reinstates Colorado Ad Seg Conditions Claims

Article • January 15, 2007 • from PLN January, 2007

Filed under: Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Exercise, Showers, Frivolous Litigation (PLRA), Court Access, Law Library Access/Adequacy, Limitations, Telephone Access

confinement in three state prisons from September 2000 to August 2003. He was locked down all but five hours per week and alleges he was denied access to a telephone, showers, outdoor exercise, law library ...

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 ...