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Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
Florida County Makes Free Jail Phone Calls Available by On October 1, 2023, phone calls became free for some 860 jail detainees at the jail in Florida’s Alachua County, whose Board of Commissioners voted for the change six months earlier. That brought the cost from 21 cents per minute to …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Compensation Awarded to California Non-Profit and HRDC Officials for Efforts Reducing Prison Phone Rates by On June 9, 2023, the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved a total compensation award of $113,362 for the Center for Accessible Technology (CAT), finding the organization had made a substantial contribution to PUC’s rulemaking …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Minnesota Makes All Calls Free in Prisons and Jails by On May 19, 2023, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed into law SF 2909, the Judiciary and Public Safety budget bill. Introduced by two Democratic state lawmakers, Sen. Clare Oumou Verbeten and Rep. Esther Agbaje, the measure made calls free …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Colorado One of Four States Making Phone Calls Free for Prisoners by On June 7, 2023, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed House Bill (HB) 23-1133, requiring the state Department of Corrections (DOC) to provide, administer and – most importantly – not to profit from communications services used by prisoners. …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
As e-Messaging Takes Off in U.S. Prisons, Complaints Over Service and Costs Multiply by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Historically, prisoners have been largely left out of the technology wave changing the way the rest of the world communicates and does business. It wasn’t until March 2009 that the …
Sheriffs Offered Caribbean Cruises and Florida Retreats As Part Of Jail Telecom Contracts by Hayden Betts by Hayden Betts Members of five sheriff’s offices across the country were offered cruises from “Tampa Bay to the Caribbean” as part of jail telecommunications contracts with the vendor Smart Communications, according to documents …
Prolonged COVID-19 Visitation Restrictions Net Georgia Jails Over $1.5 Million in Telecom Kickbacks by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi According to a report by the Georgia Current on April 14, 2023, jails in several of the state’s coastal counties were still profiting by extending COVID-19 visitation bans, forcing detainees and …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Prison Profiteer Who Chairs Christian Seminary Board Called Not Very ‘Christlike’ by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Members of Princeton Theological Seminarians for Peace and Justice (SPJ) sent a letter on March 14, 2023, calling for resignation of seminary Board of Trustees Chairman Michael Fisch. After learning Fisch’s hedge …
Brief • July 26, 2023
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act-Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, 2023 Federal Communications Commission DA 23-638 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Incarcerated People’s Communications Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services ) ) ) ) ) …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
FCC Granted Broader Authority to Regulate Prisoner Call Costs by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On March 16, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to begin rule-making to implement the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022. Named after a determined woman who tirelessly campaigned to lower …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
California Appeals Court Affirms Rate Caps and Fee Limitations for Prison Telecoms by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On February 1, 2023, the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate Division, affirmed the denial by the state Public Utility Commission (PUC) of challenges to rate caps and fee limitations brought by …
FCC Requires Prison Telecoms to Provide Services for Deaf Prisoners by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi Life in prison is difficult for anyone, but especially for deaf people. Without a video phone or teletypewriter (TTY), a deaf person cannot communicate with loved ones by phone. Under a new rule that …
Publication • June 19, 2023
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
CA Utilities Commission Fee Award 6-19-23 ALJ/RWH/nd3 PROPOSED DECISION Agenda ID #21684 Ratesetting Decision __________ BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Order Instituting Rulemaking to Consider Regulating Telecommunications Services Used by Incarcerated People. Rulemaking 20-10-002 DECISION GRANTING COMPENSATION TO CENTER FOR ACCESSIBLE TECHNOLOGY FOR SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Telecoms Exploiting Legal Loopholes to Price Gouge Prisoners and Their Families by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett According to a report published by the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) on December 15, 2022, for-profit telecom companies are using loopholes in the law to price-gouge prisoners and their families on the cost …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
California Makes Calls Free for State Prisoners and Juvenile Detainees, Prohibits Telecom Kickbacks to Prisons and Jails by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On September 29, 2022, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed S.B. 1008 into law, barring government agencies in the state from collecting any part of the revenue …
Publication • February 8, 2023
FTC-Unfair of Deceptive Fees ANPR, Feb. 2023 February 8, 2023 Via regulations.gov Federal Trade Commission Office of the Secretary 600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite CC-5610 (Annex B) Washington, DC 20580 Re: Unfair or Deceptive Fees ANPR, R207011 The undersigned civil rights, consumer rights, faith-based, criminal justice, and reentry organizations respectfully …
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 …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Maine Caps Price of Phone Calls in State Prisons and Jails by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On April 15, 2022, Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) approved H.P. 853, a new law capping the cost of calls in state prisons and county jails. Effective October 1, 2022, calls may not …
Publication • September 19, 2022
Prison Phone Rights- Testimony of Paul Wright-Sept. 2022 Docket Number: R.20-10-002 Exhibit Number: Date: September 19, 2022 Witness: Paul Wright PREPARED TESTIMONY OF PAUL WRIGHT EDITOR, PRISON LEGAL NEWS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER SUBMITTED ON BEHALF OF CENTER FOR ACCESSIBLE TECHNOLOGY Contents I. II. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 1 Discussion................................................................................................................................ …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Indiana Caps Phone Rates in State Prisons and Jails by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye On July 1, 2022, a new Indiana law took effect that caps the price charged for phone calls in state prisons and jails. With the change, those held by the state Department of Corrections …
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