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City of Refuge

Article • August 15, 1993 • from PLN August, 1993

Filed under: Crime, Sentencing

City of Refuge by David Finney Everyone has heard about alternative sentencing. What about alternative incarceration? The debate should be expanded to encompass this issue too. When people get put in prison the great majority become distrustful, angry and radicalized. It is a symptom of theseemingly arbitrary and unfair nature …

Choice Between Exercise and Access Struck Down

Article • August 15, 1993 • from PLN August, 1993

Filed under: Exercise, Law Library Access/Adequacy, Qualified Immunity, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

Choice Between Exercise and Access Struck Down by The message in this case is that both the right of access to the courts and the right to outdoor exercise are important ones. "To sanction the policy of forcing a prisoner to choose between two important, indeed fundamental, rights," the court …

Prison Rule Banning Media Mail/Visits Held Unconstitutional

Article • May 15, 1993 • from PLN May, 1993

Filed under: Immunity/Liability, Qualified Immunity, Mail Regulations, Access to Media

Prison Rule Banning Media Mail/Visits Held Unconstitutional by Sabil Mujahid is a Hawaii state prisoner. He filed suit under § 1983 claiming that Hawaii prison regulations which prohibit prisoners from visiting or corresponding with members of the media, unless they knew each other on a personal basis prior to incarceration, …

Generalized Written Statement of Hearing Committee Accepted, Where Evidence Clear

Article • January 15, 1993 • from PLN January, 1993

Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Standard of Proof, Written Findings

Generalized Written Statement of Hearing Committee Accepted, Where Evidence Clear by A disciplinary hearing committee's written decision saying it based its finding of guilt on "written reports and testimonies presented at the hearing" was constitutionally acceptable where that information could be interpreted only as either showing the charges (of verbal …

HI Phone Kickbacks 2004-2008

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Filed under: Telephones

HI Phone Kickbacks 2004-2008 HAWAIIAN TELEPHONE COMPANY TELEPHONE COMMISSIONS FY '04 FY '05 FY '06 FY '07 FY '08 TOTAL 156961.00 117677.00 100295.00 144281.00 74284.00 593498.00

HI Phone Rates 2011

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

HI Phone Rates 2011 file:///W|/telephone%20project/HI/Phone%20contract%20email.htm From: stein [stein919@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 1:49 AM To: Paul Wright Subject: Phone contract email To add to the HI folder. ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: <Tom.L.Read@hawaii.gov> Date: Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 9:51 PM Subject: Re: Request for information re HI DPS To: …

2006-2009 Hawaii Inmate Phone Commissions

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Filed under: Telephones

2006-2009 Hawaii Inmate Phone Commissions DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Commissions Earned - September 2006 - August 2009 MONTH COMMISSIONS EARNED 2006 September $10,479.46 October $10,537.28 November $10,917.24 December $10,875.77 2007 January $10,515.33 February $9,274.28 March $10,130.22 April $9,212.47 May $10,382.53 June $10,288.86 July $10,687.61 August $10,281.96 September $9,853.08 October $9,743.50 …

2007-2009 Hawaii Inmate Phone Commissions

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Filed under: Telephones

2007-2009 Hawaii Inmate Phone Commissions EXHIBIT 1 1) Total volume of Local and Intra-LATA phone calls (March 2009 – February 2010): Local Intra-LATA Estimated monthly in-State calls 284,654 61,430 28,840 (284,654 + 61,430)/ 12 2) Average length of calls (March 2009 – February 2010): Local Intra-LATA 14.84 minutes 14.09 minutes …

2010 Hawaii Inmate Phone Rates

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

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Hawaii Commission Data

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Filed under: Telephones

Hawaii Commission Data TELEPHONE COMMISSIONS TDR DATE TDR Amount 1/11/2010 Vendor ID Paid Amt 3/9/2009 105000 8,150.34 January-09 3/26/2009 105256 7,466.07 Feb-09 5/11/2009 106285 9,408.26 Mar-09 6/8/2009 106922 9,109.30 Apr-09 7/10/2009 120422 9,684.46 May-09 8/17/2009 121016 8,333.53 Jun-09 9/4/2009 121427 7,495.03 Jul-09 10/15/2009 152290 12,546.13 Aug-09 11/6/2009 152669 8,127.41 Sep-09 …