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Organizations Submit Letters to FCC Urging Action on Prison Phone Rates
On October 23, 2012, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), which publishes Prison Legal News, submitted a joint letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) urging action on the “Wright Petition,” which asks the FCC to place caps on interstate prison phone rates to make them more affordable.
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More from this issue:
- Momentum Builds to End Prison-Based Gerrymandering, by Peter Wagner
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Oregon DOC Gets Tiny Cut of $3.34 Million Pfizer Settlement
- CCA Ceases Operations at Mississippi Prison, County Jail
- Florida DOC Program Targets Incarcerated Veterans
- PLN Settles Public Records Suit Against PHS in Vermont, Obtains Settlement Payout Information, by Alex Friedmann
- Washington Jail Prisoner Settles Retaliation Claim for $10,000
- Transgender Prisoner’s Lawsuit Sparks BOP Policy Change, by Derek Gilna
- Fifth Circuit Upholds Former Texas State Judge’s Bribery-Related Convictions
- States Create Special Commissions to Study Flat-Fee Indigent Defense, by Joe Watson
- GAO Report Examines Contraband Cell Phone Use in BOP Facilities, by Derek Gilna
- Former New York DOCS Food Director Pleads Guilty to Grand Larceny, by Joe Watson
- Texas Slashes Prison Education Budget, by Matthew Clarke
- Misconduct at U.S. Army Lab Taints Hundreds of Military Prosecutions, by Derek Gilna
- Oregon DOC Did Not Report 78 Prisoner Deaths in 2010-2011
- Virginia Prison Policy Prohibiting Secular, Non-Religious CDs Held Unconstitutional
- America Eats its Young: Arizona Communities Embrace Use of Private Prison Employees in Drug Raids at Public Schools, by Beau Hodai
- Report Criticizes New Hampshire’s Treatment of Female Prisoners; Lawsuit Filed, by Joe Watson
- Fifth Circuit Reverses $250,000 Award to Mississippi Prisoner Held too Long, by Matthew Clarke
- U.S. Sentencing Commission Calls Federal Mandatory Minimums “Excessively Severe”, by Derek Gilna
- Arkansas Prison Director Suspended by Board of Corrections
- Texas Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Prohibiting Sex Offender Parole Conditions; Case Settles for $52,000, by Matthew Clarke
- Federal Court Upholds Maryland Law that Reclassifies Prisoners for Redistricting, by David Reutter
- Fifth Circuit Holds Mailbox Rule Applies to Legal Mail Rejected Under Bogus Prison Rule
- New North Carolina DOC Hospital Promises Better Healthcare for Prisoners, by Joe Watson
- Michigan DOC Taser Experiment Touted; Prison Perimeter Patrols to End
- Missouri County Ordered to Present Civil Detainees Before Court within 27 Hours; $75,000 Damages Settlement
- Organizations Submit Letters to FCC Urging Action on Prison Phone Rates, by Mel Motel
- West Memphis Three Released, but Justice Not Served and Questions Remain, by Joe Watson
- Oregon Re-Sells Unused Execution Drugs
- Philadelphia Women Prisoners Sue for Being Housed with a Man
- California: Jail Nurse Receives $703,957 in Retaliation Suit Against County, PHS
- Puerto Rico DOC Fires 97 Guards, Suspends More Than 100
- News in Brief
More from Mel Motel:
- Prisoners Respond to Call for Prison Phone Justice; SCI-Huntingdon Delivers!, July 15, 2013
- Louisiana Public Service Commission Postpones Prison Phone Reforms, April 15, 2013
- Reintroducing the Private Prison Information Act: An Interview, Feb. 15, 2013
- Louisiana Public Service Commission Votes to Lower Prison and Jail Phone Rates, Jan. 15, 2013
- Cook County, Illinois Lowers Jail Phone Rates, Jan. 15, 2013
- Organizations Submit Letters to FCC Urging Action on Prison Phone Rates, Dec. 15, 2012
- PLN Readers Flood the FCC with Letters; Campaign Fights for Prison Phone Justice, Nov. 15, 2012
- "Strong Families, Safe Communities" Sends Clear Message for Phone Justice, Oct. 15, 2012
- The Trials of Eroy Brown: The Murder Case that Shook the Texas Prison System, by Michael Berryhill (University of Texas Press, 2011). 244 pages, $29.95, April 15, 2012
- From the Bottom of the Heap: The Autobiography of Black Panther Robert Hillary King, Oakland, CA: PM Press (2009) $24.95 hardback, 217 pages, Sept. 15, 2009
More from these topics:
- Pay-for-Play Tablets: The Costly New Prison Paradigm, March 1, 2025. Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Electronic Tablets, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Telephone Rates, Tapes/Music, Securus, Global Tel*Link Corp.
- First Circuit Rejects Request by Securus and Pay Tel to Stay FCC Prison Phone Rate Caps, Jan. 15, 2025. Telephone Rates, Private Phone Contractors, Securus.
- Securus/JPay Video Calling Service Potentially Threatened by New Rate Caps, Jan. 15, 2025. JPay, Inc., Telephone Rates, Video Visitation, Securus.
- Eighth Circuit Asked to Block New FCC Rules Capping Prison Phone Rates and Eliminating Ancillary Fees and Kickbacks, Nov. 15, 2024. Telephone Rates, Federal Funds.
- FCC Slashes Prison and Jail Phone Rates, Caps Video Call Cost, Eliminates “Site Commission” Kickbacks, Oct. 15, 2024. Telephone Rates, Video Visitation, Federal Funds, Private Phone Contractors, Securus, Global Tel*Link Corp.
- Washington, Virginia Advance Bills to Make Prison Calls Free, July 1, 2024. Telephone Rates.
- Los Angeles County Makes Jail Phone Calls Free, June 1, 2024. Telephones, Telephone Rates.
- Fourth Circuit Reinstates HRDC’s RICO Claim Against Securus and ViaPath, May 1, 2024. RICO, Telephone Rates, Civil RICO, HRDC Litigation, Securus, Global Tel*Link Corp.
- Massachusetts Makes Calls Free From Prisons and Jails, May 1, 2024. Telephone Rates.
- Florida County Makes Free Jail Phone Calls Available, April 1, 2024. Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Securus.