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Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
From the Editor by Paul Wright For the past 22 years, PLN has been at the forefront of reporting on the gouging of prisoners’ families by prisons, jails and the telecommunications industry as prisoncrats and corporations profit by charging families exorbitant phone rates for the ability to communicate with their …
Kickback publication • 2012
Washington DOC - JPay Amendment #2 2012-2013 State of Washington Department of Corrections Contract No. K8262 Amendment No. 2 This Amendment is made by the state of Washington, Department of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as Department, and JPay, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, for the purpose of amending …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
Eighth Circuit Affirms No First Amendment Right to Lower Prison Phone Rates by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 21, 2011, a U.S. District Court held that state prisoners in Arkansas have no First Amendment right to less expensive phone rates, a decision that was subsequently affirmed by the …
Court Finds Pennsylvania Jail’s Phone Bidding Process was Rigged; Contract Awarded to Another Company by The bidding process used to select the telephone contractor for Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County Jail (ACJ) was rigged by an official previously accused of improperly influencing a prior phone contract at the jail. That was the …
Brief • March 23, 2012
Filed under: Telephone Rates, Family
Complaint against DTC, MA, Memo of Pet Opp Dismissal, collect call phone rates, 2012
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
South Carolina Crime Stoppers Snitch Line Scammed by Brandon Sample Most people are familiar with Crime Stoppers, the “snitch line” for individuals with information about crimes. Successful tips can result in benefits to the tipster – which can take the form of cash, leniency with a new case or a …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Prison Phone Rates Under Scrutiny by Louisiana Regulatory Agency by The Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC) is examining the rates for phone calls made by prisoners. To help it in that determination, the PSC has hired outside counsel to analyze rates, review regulations and compare them with other states to …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
Private Equity Firms Profit Handsomely from Prison Phone Services by The October 2011 sale of Global Tel*Link Corp. (GTL), the nation’s largest prison and jail phone company, demonstrates what a goldmine prison phone services are for the provider side of the market. The sale, reportedly valued at $1 billion, was …
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
California Criminalizes Cell Phone Smuggling, Seeks Technology to Block Cell Phone Calls from Prisons by In April 2011, Matthew Cate, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), announced that he intended to enlist the aid of companies that bid for the state’s lucrative prison phone service contract …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
Florida Jail Offers Video Visits to Profiteer More From Prisoner Families by A video visitation system has been installed at Florida’s Charlotte County Jail. Using money from the Inmate Welfare Fund, which is derived from profits from the canteen and other services to prisoners, the jail installed a system that …
Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011
$370,000 in Annual Phone Revenue at Ohio Jail by At the Montgomery County jail in Dayton, Ohio, taking more than a half-million dollars annually from prisoners who want to call their loved ones is actually called “giving.” When asked by the Dayton Daily News about prisoners’ telephone access in Montgomery …
Article • September 15, 2011
California DOC Officials Enjoy Absolute Immunity From Tort Liability Under Civil Code by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg When a private prison corporation sued Director Jeanne Woodford of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) for alleged defamatory statements made against the corporation's performance on a CDCR contract, …
Article • August 15, 2011 • from PLN August, 2011
Texas Prison Phones and Emails Generate Less Revenue Than Expected by When the Texas legislature passed SB 1580 in 2007, requiring the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to install phones in state prisons, Texas was the only state that did not allow prisoners to make regular phone calls. Even …
Washington State Regulatory Agency Finds AT&T Failed to Disclose Prison Collect Call Rates by Brandon Sample Washington State Regulatory Agency Finds AT&T Failed to Disclose Prison Collect Call Rates by Derek Gilna and Brandon Sample On March 31, 2011, AT&T Communications of the Pacific Northwest was found guilty by the …
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Low Rates in Michigan DOC Phone Contract Demonstrate Actual Cost of Prison Phone Services by Alex Friedmann PLN’s April 2011 cover story detailed the results of our comprehensive multi-year research project on prison phone services, including a state-by-state comparison of prison phone rates, commission (kickback) percentages, and the amounts of …
Nationwide PLN Survey Examines Prison Phone Contracts, Kickbacks by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg An exhaustive analysis of prison phone contracts nationwide has revealed that with only limited exceptions, telephone service providers offer lucrative kickbacks (politely termed “commissions”) to state contracting agencies – amounting on average to 42% of …
Some Agencies Balk at Releasing Prison Phone Data by Michael Rigby by Mike Rigby It is common knowledge among PLN readers that prison and jail phone rates are priced far above those in the free world. But just how overpriced are they? What is the average kickback (commission) rate provided …
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
Short-Lived Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Global Tel*Link in California, Then Secretly Settled by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim Sick and tired of being gouged by high prison phone rates, Nadia Alvarez and Rachel Fishenfeld, two California residents, filed a consumer class action suit against Global Tel*Link (GTL) in August …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Washington Commission Finds AT&T is Prison Collect Call Provider by Mark Wilson Washington Commission Finds AT&T is Prison Collect Call Provider by Mark Wilson On April 21, 2010, the Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission (Commission) handed the dedicated loved ones of PLN’s tenacious Editor an important victory in their …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Reach Out and Defraud Someone: Oregon Jail Prisoners Commit Phone Scams by Mark Wilson A fifteen-minute collect call from the Multnomah County jail in Portland, Oregon costs $2.35, billed to the party who accepts the call. Between May 2006 and April 2009 those calls generated $3.5 million in revenue for …
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