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Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
Securus/JPay Video Calling Service Potentially Threatened by New Rate Caps by On November 19, 2024, prison telecom Securus Technologies, Inc., along with subsidiary JPay, notified users of services provided by the firms at prisons and jails of steps being taken to comply with a recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order. …
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
Securus Wipes Out Months of Washington Prisoners’ Writing—Again by Writers are intimately familiar with the effort it takes to organize ideas and direct them through a keyboard into text. Most have the comfort of knowing their draft work waits for them to take the next step. But incarcerated writers do …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Florida Prisons Playing “Whack-a-Mole” With Jailbroken Tablets by In an essay published in Slate on December 14, 2023, former Florida prisoner Ryan Moser said that officials with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) were “essentially playing whack-a-mole” in their efforts to combat an epidemic of “jailbreaking” prison-issued electronic tablets. The …
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
Missouri Expands Prison Mail Ban to Include Books Sent by Family, Friends by After banning state prisoners from receiving physical mail the year before, the Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) extended the ban on September 25, 2023, to include books sent to prisoners from family or friends. The rule change …
How “Big Capital” Learned to Love Mass Incarceration by How “Big Capital” Learned to Love Mass Incarceration “Who is accountable for the imposition of punishment in our carceral system?” asked Laura I. Appleman, Professor of Law at Willamette University, in an article published on April 13, 2023. An answer is …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
JPay Denied Motion to Compel Arbitration in Suit Over Debit Release Cards by On March 1, 2023, prison financial services profiteer JPay hit a legal wall in a challenge to fee-laden debit cards issued to prisoners on release. As PLN has reported, former California state prisoner Adam Cain — represented …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Insider Trading Charges Dropped Against JPay Founder by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 5, 2022, federal prosecutors moved to dismiss insider trading charges against JPay founder Ryan Shapiro, 45. For a hefty fee, the firm provides financial and communications services to people incarcerated in jail and prisons. JPay …
Brief • July 9, 2023
Oliver v. JPay, GA, Complaint, Scheme to Defraud, 2023 Case 1:23-cv-03031-SEG-CMS Document 1 Filed 07/09/23 Page 1 of 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION ANTHONY OLIVER, REGINALD PRIDDY, Case No.: __________________________ Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated. JURY DEMAND Plaintiffs , CLASS …
Brief • July 9, 2023
Oliver v. Jpay, LLC, GA, Complaint, Scheme to Defraud, 2023 Case 1:23-cv-03031-SEG-CMS Document 1 Filed 07/09/23 Page 1 of 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION ANTHONY OLIVER, REGINALD PRIDDY, Case No.: __________________________ Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated. JURY DEMAND Plaintiffs , …
Brief • June 21, 2023
Filed under: JPay, Inc., Money/Property
JPay LLC v. Houston, TX. Motion for Temporary Stay of Discovery, Electronic Transfer Fees, 2023 Case 3:23-cv-00165-S Document 32 Filed 06/21/23 Page 1 of 4 PageID 513 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS JPAY LLC, A Delaware Limited Liability Company, Civil Action No.: 3:23-cv-00165 …
Brief • March 1, 2023
Cain v. JPay, Inc., CA, Order Denying Dft's Motion to Compel, Prepaid Debit Card, 2023 Case 2:21-cv-07401-FLA-AGR Document 89 Filed 03/01/23 Page 1 of 8 Page ID #:500 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 12 ADAM CAIN, …
Brief • February 28, 2023
Filed under: JPay, Inc., Money/Property
JPAY LLC v. Houston, TX. Motion to Dismiss Complaint, Electronic Transfer Fees, 2023 Case 3:23-cv-00165-S Document 17 Filed 02/28/23 Page 1 of 32 PageID 119 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS JPAY LLC, A Delaware Limited Liability Company, Civil Action No.: 3:23-cv-00165 Plaintiff, vs. …
Brief • December 30, 2022
Filed under: JPay, Inc., Telephone Rates
Linear v. Securus Technologies Dba Jpay LLC, WA, Statement of Claims, Unfair Charges, 2022 1 2 3 4 5 AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION 6 7 MICHAEL LINEAR, 8 9 10 11 12 NO. 01-22-0000-3053 Claimant, CLAIMANT MICHAEL LINEAR’S STATEMENT OF CLAIMS AND DAMAGES v. SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES, d.b.a. JPAY, LLC, Defendant. 13 …
Show Me the Money: Tracking the Companies that Have a Lock on Sending Funds to Incarcerated People by Stephen Raher, Tiana Herring We looked at all fifty state departments of corrections to figure out which companies hold the contracts to provide money-transfer services and what the fees are to use …
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
JPay Founder Ryan Shapiro Indicted for Securities Fraud by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss On January 6, 2022, Ryan Shapiro, the 44-year-old founder of prison financial services firm JPay, was charged in federal court in Boston with conspiracy to commit securities fraud. Also named in the criminal complaint was Shapiro’s …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
CFPB Hits JPay with $6 Million in Fines and Restitution Over Fee-Heavy “Debit Release Cards” by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In an order and settlement agreement released on October 19, 2021, by the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), prison financial giant JPay, LLC agreed to pay $6 million …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
HRDC Case Sues JPay Over Fee-Heavy “Release Card” Debit Cards by A lawsuit filed in a California federal court on September 15, 2021, accuses private prison financier JPay, Inc. of violating both U.S. law and the constitutional rights of prisoners by returning money owed at their release in debit cards …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
File a CFPB Complaint for Unfair Money Transfer Fees by Prison Legal News (PLN) is encouraging our readers to file complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) if you feel you are being made to pay expensive rates to transfer money to your loved one in jail or prison …
Publication • June 7, 2021
CDCR JPay Lockbox and Debit Card Services Contract DocuSign Envelope ID: AFA335FF-4876-46CC-BEA3-34729FB1632D 6/7/2021 STATE OF CALIFORNIA — DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION GAVIN NEWSOM, GOVERNOR ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SERVICES OCIO - ITAU 1900 Birkmont Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742 June 7, 2021 JPay Inc. 12864 Biscayne Blvd, Ste. 243 Miami, FL …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
NBA Owner Capitalizes on Mass Incarceration; Players Silent by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Members of National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) maintained their place at the forefront of the movement for racial justice even while encapsulated in the National Basketball Association (NBA) bubble during the 2020 championship playoffs. The basketball …
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