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Washington State Regulatory Agency Finds AT&T Failed to Disclose Prison Collect Call Rates

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2011 by Brandon Sample published in Prison Legal News August, 2011, page 43
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, Disclosure of Records, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates. Location: Washington.
Washington State Regulatory Agency Finds AT&T Failed to Disclose Prison Collect Call Rates

by Derek Gilna and Brandon Sample

On March 31, 2011, AT&T Communications of the Pacific Northwest was found guilty by the Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission of failing to disclose charges for collect calls from various ...

 

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