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Colorado Supreme Court Holds Utility Commission Lacks Jurisdiction Over Prison Phone Gouging
Loaded on Nov. 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
November, 1998, page 23
The Colorado state supreme court held that the state Public Utilities Commission (PUC) had no jurisdiction over the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) with regards to inflated phone costs charged to prisoners. Several Colorado state prisoners filed complaints with the PUC claiming that the Inmate Telephone System (ITS) implemented by ...
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