Historical Vermont State Prison phone rates and kickbacks

Same-state long distance rates

Year	Collect	Prepaid	Debit
2019	0.069/min<br>$1.04/15 minutes	0.069/min<br>$1.04/15 minutes	0.069/min<br>$1.04/15 minutes
2018	0.069/min<br>$1.04/15 minutes	0.069/min<br>$1.04/15 minutes	0.069/min<br>$1.04/15 minutes
2017	0.069/min<br>$1.04/15 minutes	0.069/min<br>$1.04/15 minutes	0.069/min<br>$1.04/15 minutes
2012	1.13 + 0.14/min<br>$3.23/15 minutes	0.90 + 0.09/min<br>$2.25/15 minutes	0.45 + 0.09/min<br>$1.80/15 minutes
2010	N/A	N/A	N/A
2009	N/A	N/A	N/A

Interstate long distance rates

Year	Collect	Prepaid	Debit
2019	0.069/min<br>$1.04/15 minutes	0.069/min<br>$1.04/15 minutes	0.069/min<br>$1.04/15 minutes
2018	0.069/min<br>$1.04/15 minutes	0.069/min<br>$1.04/15 minutes	0.069/min<br>$1.04/15 minutes
2017	0.069/min<br>$1.04/15 minutes	0.069/min<br>$1.04/15 minutes	0.069/min<br>$1.04/15 minutes
2012	1.13 + 0.14/min<br>$3.23/15 minutes	0.90 + 0.09/min<br>$2.25/15 minutes	0.45 + 0.09/min<br>$1.80/15 minutes
2010	N/A	N/A	N/A
2009	N/A	N/A	N/A

Local rates

Year	Collect	Prepaid	Debit
2019	0.039/min<br>$0.58/15 minutes	0.039/min<br>$0.58/15 minutes	0.039/min<br>$0.58/15 minutes
2018	0.039/min<br>$0.58/15 minutes	0.039/min<br>$0.58/15 minutes	0.039/min<br>$0.58/15 minutes
2017	0.039/min<br>$0.58/15 minutes	0.039/min<br>$0.58/15 minutes	0.039/min<br>$0.58/15 minutes
2012	1.13 + 0.06/min<br>$2.03/15 minutes	0.90 + 0.05/min<br>$1.65/15 minutes	0.23 + 0.05/min<br>$0.98/15 minutes
2010	N/A	N/A	N/A
2009	N/A	N/A	N/A

Kickbacks

Year	Kickbacks paid	Companies
2019	$165,691.68	GTL
2018	$165,691.68	GTL
2017	$165,691.68	GTL
2012	$482,292.11	PCS (GTL)
2010	$467,295.94
2009	$303,160.50

Historical source documents

State DOC Rates

State DOC Contracts

State DOC Commission Data

Prison Phone Justice Articles and Documents

2019

October: HRDC joins application to file amicus brief in re county inmate telephone services case in CA, HRDC files joint amicus brief

April: HRDC press release on Securus/ICSolutions merger

2017

August: HRDC accuses FCC chairman of having conflict of interest

2016

April: PLN criticizes non-disclosure of Securus employee at FCC hearing on cell phones

January: HRDC's FCC comment mentioned regarding price gouging prisoners' families, Comment regarding prison reforms, HRDC's letter to the FCC mentioned regarding VA DOC's phone rate reduction

2015

October: FCC reforms applauded by HRDC's Campaign for Prison Phone Justice, HRDC's FCC comment on corruption in prison phone industry profiled

January: HRDC's FCC comments mentioned in article on video visitation

2014

November: PLN mentioned in article about FCC action on prison phone rates

October: FCC Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

September: HRDC comment to FCC regarding WA phone rates, FCC Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

January: HRDC response to PayTel comments, HRDC response to FCC caps on prison phone calls

2013:

December: Prison Legal News cover story on the prison phone industry, HRDC comment to FCC on Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

September: PLN/HRDC mentioned in article on FCC prison phone order

April: HRDC reply comment to FCC on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

March: HRDC comment to FCC on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

January: PLN's research on prison phone rates cited in article on FCC hearing

2012

December: FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

October: HRDC response to Global Tel comments

2011

April: Prison Legal News cover story on the prison phone industry

2007

ApriL: HRDC initial comment to FCC

PLN Coverage of Prison Phone Justice

New York: Prisoners Have No Expectation to Privacy During Jail Phone Calls

Loaded on Nov. 5, 2019 by Chad Marks published in Prison Legal News November, 2019, page 35

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Monitoring. Location: New York.

by Chad Marks

In 2012, Emmanuel Diaz found himself in the custody of the New York City Department of Correction (DOC). While housed at the Rikers Island jail complex on multiple counts of burglary and robbery, he made nearly 1,100 phone calls. During some of the calls he made ...

Oregon Prisoner’s Use of Another Prisoner’s Phone PIN Constitutes Identity Theft

Loaded on Nov. 5, 2019 by Mark Wilson published in Prison Legal News November, 2019, page 30

Filed under: Telephones, Cell Phone Access. Location: Oregon.

by Mark Wilson

The Oregon Court of Appeals held on March 13, 2019 that a prisoner was guilty of the crime of identity theft because he used the personal identification numbers (PINs) of two other prisoners to access a jail telephone.

Michael Steven Connolly was confined at the Multnomah County ...

San Francisco to Cut Costs for Jail Phone Calls, Commissary Sales

Loaded on Oct. 4, 2019 by Edward Lyon published in Prison Legal News October, 2019, page 16

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates. Location: California.

by Ed Lyon

San Francisco, California mayor London N. Breed has unique views regarding people who have become caught up in the criminal justice system. Her views extend to the families of prisoners and pretrial detainees, too.

Breed, unlike many U.S. politicians, grew up in public housing. Further, her ...

Illinois Prison Phone Rates are Lowest Following Grassroots Activism

Loaded on Aug. 6, 2019 by Brian Dolinar published in Prison Legal News August, 2019, page 16

Filed under: Organizing, Lobbying, Protests, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates. Location: Illinois.

by Brian Dolinar, Truthout

“There were a lot of times my sons tried calling me,” recalled Annette Taylor, who regularly receives calls from her two sons in prison, “but there was no money on the account.” Those were some of the “hardest calls,” she said. “I ...