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Article • February 29, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
New Mexico Corrections Department Bans Prisoner Social Media, Pen Pal Postings by Mark Wilson New Mexico prison officials are enforcing a rule that prohibits prisoners from maintaining online profiles, such as social media pages or web-based pen pal ads, including through third parties. Prisoners who violate the rule are subject …
Article • February 29, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Prison Policy Initiative Releases Report on Email Services for Prisoners by Derek Gilna The non-profit, Massachusetts-based Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) has released a comprehensive study on communication options for prisoners, focusing on email services while also citing issues related to phone calls, visitation and postal mail. According to the January …
Publication • February 11, 2016
Filed under: Computers, Mail
You've Got Mail - Promise of Cyber Communication in Prisons, PPI, 2016 9/56%
Publication • February 11, 2016
Filed under: Computers
Procedures to Take Down an Active Inmates Facebook Account, CA DOC, 2014 facebook Procedures to Take Down an Active Inmates Facebook Account September 2014 Steps to take to locate, verify, record, report, takedown, follow up, and document inmate facebook pages. Office of Victim & Survivor Rights & Services [ 1-877-256-6877 …
Article • January 1, 2016 • from PLN January, 2016
Filed under: Prison Labor, Food, Computers
Oklahoma Prisoners Develop Software which Could Save the State Millions by Christopher Zoukis Oklahoma legislators have estimated the state could save upwards of $20 million annually if a computer software program developed by two prisoners at the medium-security Joseph Harp Correctional Center is expanded statewide. Authorities said the facility began …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Inside the Shadowy Business of Prison Phone Calls by Eric Markowitz Inside the Shadowy Business of Prison Phone Calls An IBTimes investigation into the secretive world of selling phone calls to prisoners and their families. by Eric Markowitz Joanne Jones, an occupational therapist from Warwick, Rhode Island, has made an …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Filed under: Computers, Money/Property
Companies Pitch Tablets for Prisoners to Maintain Family Ties, Aid in Reentry ... and Generate Profit by Derek Gilna Companies Pitch Tablets for Prisoners to Maintain Family Ties, Aid in Reentry ... and Generate Profit by Derek Gilna The Pennsylvania DOC is joining a small number of state prison systems …
Article • June 3, 2015 • from PLN June, 2015
Feds and Tennessee Officials Investigate Prisoners Using Facebook by David Reutter Feds and Tennessee Officials Investigate Prisoners Using Facebook by David Reutter The Bureau of Prisons is investigating two prisoners who were discovered using Facebook to “broadcast live” from a federal facility in Atlanta, where they are serving time on …
The Hidden Cost of JPay's Prison Email Service by Dave Maass The Hidden Cost of JPay's Prison Email Service By Dave Maass Update May 8, 2015: JPay has changed its terms of service and will no longer claim intellectual property rights over correspondence.  JPay, a company that provides digital communications …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Screening Out Family Time: The For-Profit Video Visitation Industry in Prisons and Jails by Bernadette Rabuy Screening Out Family Time: The For-Profit Video Visitation Industry in Prisons and Jails by Bernadette Rabuy and Peter Wagner Every Thursday, Lisa* logs on to her computer and spends $10 to chat for half …
Article • January 13, 2015
Filed under: Computers
Cook County Prisoners Duel Russian Prisoners in Online Chess by Derek Gilna Cook County, IL, Prisoners Duel Russian Prisoners in Online Chess by Derek Gilna County jail can be a pretty grim place, especially Cook County Jail, one of the largest and most dangerous in the country. However, at least …
Article • January 12, 2015
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Computers
Internet Pornographer Operates Business from Detroit Jail Cell by Matthew Clarke Internet Pornographer Operates Business from Detroit Jail Cell by Matt Clarke For over a year and a half, Francis A. Sharrak, 45, managed his multimillion-dollar Internet pornography and strip club business from a downtown Detroit VIP isolation jail cell …
Article • November 8, 2014 • from PLN November, 2014
Filed under: Computers
Prison Systems Increasingly Provide Email – For a Price by Derek Gilna Prison Systems Increasingly Provide Email – For a Price by Derek Gilna Prison officials and corrections experts have long recognized that helping prisoners maintain contact with the outside world decreases the stress, isolation and loneliness that are part …
Holleman v. Zatecky, IN, Complaint, Retaliation, 2014 Case 1:14-cv-00671-TWP-DML Document 20 Filed 09/18/14 Page 1 of 22 PageID #: 121 SC NNED at PENDLET N and Emailed on CJ1. f6'_5 7Lllfy IN THE · UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION ROBEERT L. HOLLEMAN, Plaintiff V. CAPTAIN …
Brief • June 9, 2014
In re Emails on Trulincs, NY, DOJ Letter to Federal Defenders - Classified Inmate Email over Trulincs, 2014 U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Eastern District of New York JM:EJK:DCP 271 Cadman Plaza East Brooklyn, New York I l20l June 9,2014 By First Class Mail Peter Kirchheimer, Esq. Attomey-in-Charge …
Publication • June 9, 2014
Ltr. re Policy on Inmate Emails to Counsel on TRULINCS U.S. Atty's Office for E.D.N.Y. 2014 U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Eastern District of New York JM:EJK:DCP 271 Cadman Plaza East Brooklyn, New York I l20l June 9,2014 By First Class Mail Peter Kirchheimer, Esq. Attomey-in-Charge Federal Defenders …
Publication • 2014
Combating Inmate Facebook Usage BOP Powerpoint 2014 PLN.3RFP.000041 PLN.3RFP.000042 PLN.3RFP.000043 PLN.3RFP.000044 PLN.3RFP.000045 PLN.3RFP.000046 PLN.3RFP.000047 PLN.3RFP.000048
Article • March 15, 2014 • from PLN March, 2014
New Hampshire Prisoners Suspected of Breaching Prison Computer System by New Hampshire officials are investigating a suspected “breach” of the Department of Corrections (DOC) computer system at the State Prison for Men in Concord. The investigation began when a staff member noticed a cable linking a computer used by prisoners …
Eighth Circuit Denies Civilly Confined Minnesota Patients 1983 Action by Derek Gilna Civilly-committed patients in the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) and Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) officials, alleging that various conditions of their confinement were …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Federal BOP to Let Prisoners Have MP3 Players by The U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has announced that it will allow federal prisoners to purchase MP3 music players, which were first tested at Federal Prison Camp Alderson, a women’s facility in West Virginia. The policy change, expected to be implemented …
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