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Iowa Supreme Court Holds Billing for Fraudulent Prisoner Phone Calls Not a State Law Violation
Loaded on June 15, 2012
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2012, page 40
On October 14, 2011 the Iowa Supreme Court held that a prison telephone company did not commit a “cramming” violation by improperly billing a third party for fraudulent collect calls made by a prisoner.Evercom Systems, Inc. provides phone services to more than 2,900 detention facilities nationwide, including the Bridewell ...
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