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San Mateo County Sues California Jail Phone Service Providers
Loaded on May 15, 2003
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2003, page 30
San Mateo County Sues California Jail Phone Service Providers
On July 7, 2002, the county of San Mateo, California, brought suit against Pacific Bell and AT&T alleging they cheated the county out of millions of dollars earmarked for a fund supporting prisoner services. The suit, filed in San Mateo Superior …
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