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FCC Issues Proposed Rule Permitting Cellphone Jammers in Prisons and Jails
Article • November 1, 2025 • from PLN November, 2025
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Telephone Rates, Cell Phone Access, Federal Legislation, Police State-Surveillance
FCC Issues Proposed Rule Permitting Cellphone Jammers in Prisons and Jails by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on September 30, 2025, to issue a Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to relax the current ban on using cellphone “jamming” technology in prisons and jails. …
The Ongoing Push to End Outrageous Prison Phone Charges
Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020
Filed under: Telephone Rates, State Legislation
The Ongoing Push to End Outrageous Prison Phone Charges by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Groups in several states are drawing increased attention to the high cost of jail and prison phone rates, and pushing to reduce or eliminate such charges. HRDC, the publisher of PLN, has been a …
Louisiana Public Service Commission Votes to Lower Prison and Jail Phone Rates
Article • January 15, 2013 • from PLN January, 2013
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, State Legislation
Service Commission (LPSC) voted to lower the cost of telephone calls made from state prisons and local jails. With rates of $.30 per minute and surcharges to set up phone accounts, calls made by Louisiana ...
Federal Cell Phone Ban Becomes Law; California Bill Vetoed, then Re-Introduced
Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Federal Legislation
of the bill. A report on the effectiveness of the new federal law is due by August 2011. The report will also address the prison telephone rates charged by the BOP. [See: PLN, April 2011, p.1]. The California ...
Entire Texas Prison System Locked Down to Search for Phones; Prison Cell Phone Problem is Pandemic
Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Prison/Common Area Searches, Criminal Prosecution, Lockdowns, Telephone Access, Death Row, State Legislation
prisoners regular access to telephones so they can call their families. Although the state has signed a contract to have phones installed at all TDCJ facilities, the installation is not expected ...
Texas Awards Prison Phone Contract
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, State Legislation
Texas Awards Prison Phone Contract by Matthew Clarke On August 14, 2008, the Texas Board of Criminal Justice (TBCJ) awarded a phone service contract to two companies, Kansas-based Embarq Corp. and Dallas-based Securus Technologies, Inc. Prior to this historic event, the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) was the only …
Nevada Phone Contract Reduces Costs to Prisoners’ Families But Increases State’s Kickback
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Filed under: Telephone Rates, News, State Legislation
Nevada Phone Contract Reduces Costs to Prisoners’ Families But Increases State’s Kickback by David Reutter Nevada Phone Contract Reduces Costs to Prisoners’ Families But Increases State’s Kickback by David M. Reutter A panel headed by Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons has approved a contract that reduces the cost of in-state collect …
Wisconsin County Bans Profiteering in Jail Phone Contracts
Article • July 15, 2008 • from PLN July, 2008
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, State Legislation
contracts for jail telephone services. The ordinance requires that jail phone contracts (1) must not generate revenue to the county and (2) must be awarded to the lowest bidder consistent with public safety ...
Nevada Criminalizes Cell Phones in State Prisons
Article • June 15, 2008 • from PLN June, 2008
Filed under: Telephone Access, News, State Legislation
Nevada Criminalizes Cell Phones in State Prisons by On May 10, 2007, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons signed into law AB-106, a bill making it a felony for prisoners to possess a cell phone in prison or for a person to furnish a prisoner with a cell phone. Anyone charged with …
Texas Last State in Union to Get Prison Phones
Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Victims, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, State Legislation
prisoner telephones in state prisons. State Senator Letica Van de Putte filed SD 1580, authorizing the phones, which took effect Nay 15, 2007. State Representatives Terri Hodge (D-Dallas) and Pat Haggerty (R ...
Government Segregates Muslim Prisoners Restricts Phone Calls and Visits
Article • July 15, 2007
Filed under: Political Prisoners, Religious Discrimination, Administrative Procedures Act (Federal), Interpreters, Telephones, Telephone Access, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring, Mail Regulations, Federal Legislation
Management Unit (CMU), and is located in the medium security federal prison at Terre Haute, Indiana. Its occupants are almost entirely Muslims. Under the CMU program, telephone communications must ...
Virginia's General Assembly Sells Out Prisoners' Families for Phone Money
Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006
Filed under: Telephone Rates, News, State Legislation
Virginia's General Assembly Sells Out Prisoners' Families for Phone Money by Gary Hunter Virginia's General Assembly reneged on their agreement with a prisoner advocate group to substantially reduce phone rates between prisoners and their families. Virginia's Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) had lobbied for years to have …
Disarray in Colorado: Prisoners Hurt by Host of Problems
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Filed under: Prison Labor, Work Strikes, Crime/Demographics, Prison/Jail Murders, Statistics/Trends, Overcrowding, Staffing, Parole, Telephone Rates, State Legislation
done this to themselves," Gotsch says. Prisoner Phones Effective July 1, 2003, State Senate Bill 03-303 eliminated all Public Utility Commission (PUC) authority to "regulate telephone ...
New Mexico Supreme court Affirms Dismissal of Phone Rate Suit
Article • June 15, 2003 • from PLN June, 2003
Filed under: Mootness, Telephone Rates, Immunity/Liability, Sovereign Immunity, State Legislation
dismissal of an excessive phone rates case for failure to state a claim. Recipients of collect telephone calls from New Mexico jails and prisons brought suit for damages and injunctive relief against state ...
Virginia Law Repeals Phone Rate Ruling
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN March, 2003
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, State Legislation
on prison phone rates by the State Corporation Commission (SCC). Robert Lee Jones, a Virginia state prisoner, filed a complaint with the SCC concerning the rates charged consumers for collect telephone ...
New Mexico Caps High Telephone Rates
Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, State Legislation
New Mexico Caps High Telephone Rates by The governor of New Mexico signed a bill in February 2001, prohibiting prisons from profiting on prisoners' phone calls, which was exceeding 10 times ...
Washington Legislation Passed
Article • July 15, 1996 • from PLN July, 1996
Filed under: Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Victims, Costs, Three Strikes, Telephones, Telephone Monitoring, Death Penalty, State Legislation
into law: HB 2195: This law modifies RCW 9.73.095 and allows for the electronic monitoring of all telephonic and non-telephonic conversations in prison living units, cells, rooms, dormitories and common ...
Court Enjoins BOP Phone System
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
Filed under: Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Administrative Procedures Act (Federal), Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Telephone Monitoring, Federal Legislation
implementing its Inmate Telephone System (ITS). The case is Washington v. Reno, case number 93-217 and 93-290. Readers should note that so far this is an unpublished opinion that cannot be cited for precedent ...