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Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
Illinois Court of Appeals: Prisoner Has Standing to Sue Ameritech for Fraud by On July 1, 2008, an Illinois Court of Appeals held that a prisoner had standing to bring a claim against Ameritech for consumer fraud. Johnnie Flournoy, an Illinois state prisoner at the Joliet Correctional Center, filed suit …
Article • July 15, 2009
Outrageous phone rates devastate families of prisoners by Michael Hamden September 1, 2009 Corrections Policy Examiner Michael Hamden The Scam: "Give me your money and you can talk to your kid." That may sound like a line from a 1950's Jimmy Cagney gangster movie. But in essence, that is what …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Report Says New Mexico Prison Phone Companies Still Gouging Families by Dave Maass Report Says New Mexico Prison Phone Companies Still Gouging Families by Dave Maass The phone is ringing; you pick it up. An operator announces it’s a collect call – your spouse, sibling, child – from prison. Will …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
Indiana Court Denies Challenge to Monopolistic Prison Phone Contracts by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Indiana Court of Appeals has rejected a class-action suit brought by families and friends of prisoners who challenged prison telephone contracts as monopolistic and prison phone rates as oppressive. The appellate court held …
Kickback publication • 2009
Washington DOC - JPay Contract 2009-2012 State of Washington Department of Corrections Contract No. K8262 This Contract for MP3/Email services (this "Contract") is made as of the date of last signature by the parties, by and between JPay, Inc. ("Contractor"), located at 12864 Biscayne Blvd. Suite 243, Miami, FL 33181 …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
California Class-Action Suit Reinstates $1.5 Million Illegally Siphoned From County Jail Inmate Welfare Fund by John Dannenberg California Class-Action Suit Reinstates $1.5 Million Illegally Siphoned From County Jail Inmate Welfare Fund by John E. Dannenberg Santa Clara County, California (SCC) agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit seeking recovery of funds …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
$7.5 Million Fine Recommended in Florida Jail Phone Overcharges by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida’s Public Service Commission has recommended that TCG Public Communications, Inc. (TCG) pay $7.5 million for the improper disconnection of jail prisoners’ telephone calls. The recommendation was made in a September 8, 2008 memorandum …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Georgia Sheriff Must Give Revenue from Prisoner Phone Calls to County by David Reutter Georgia Sheriff Must Give Revenue from Prisoner Phone Calls to County by David M. Reutter The Georgia Court of Appeals has held that a sheriff must turn over to the county all revenue from a profit-sharing …
Nebraska Appeals Court: Failure to Exhaust Remedies Jurisdictional Defect by The Nebraska Court of Appeals held in this case that a prisoner's failure to exhaust his administrative remedies deprived the district court of jurisdiction over his civil rights lawsuit. On May 22, 2003, Dukhan Iqraa Jihad Mumin, a Nebraska prisoner, …
Brief • November 19, 2008
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Wright et al v. Securus DC, Plf Alternative Rulemaking Proposal, telephone rates, 2008 2000 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., NW WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006-1888 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP TELEPHONE: 202.887.1500 FACSIMILE: 202.887.0763 DENVER, NORTHERN VIRGIN IA, ORANGE COUNTY, SACRAMENTO, WALNUT CREEK, CENTURY CITY WWW.MOFO.COM NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES, PALO ALTO, SAN DIEGO, …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Nevada Phone Contract Reduces Costs to Prisoners’ Families But Increases State’s Kickback by David Reutter Nevada Phone Contract Reduces Costs to Prisoners’ Families But Increases State’s Kickback by David M. Reutter A panel headed by Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons has approved a contract that reduces the cost of in-state collect …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
NY DOC’s Former 60% Prisoner Phone Call Kickback Scheme Did Not Violate Prisoners’ Families’ Constitutional Rights by NY DOC’s Former 60% Prisoner Phone Call Kickback Scheme Did Not Violate Prisoners’ Families’ Constitutional Rights In December, 2007, the New York State Supreme Court (this is a trial level court) held that …
Harris County, Texas Sends 600 Jail Prisoners to Private Pen in Louisiana by Harris County, Texas Sends 600 Jail Prisoners to Private Pen in Louisiana In December 2007, Harris County, Texas officials announced they were sending an additional 200 jail prisoners – 180 of them women – to a privately-run …
Florida DOC Ends Unofficial Transfer-for-Sale Policy by David Reutter by David M. Reutter It has long been an established fact among Florida prisoners that if you wanted a transfer to a certain prison, you could pay well-connected lawyers to make that transfer happen. After Florida then Department of Corrections (FDOC) …
Article • August 15, 2008
Jail Phone Wiretapping Exempt from California Invasion of Privacy Act, FCA by California state prisoner David Windham appealed the refusal of a court to suppress jail telephone recordings used in obtaining his conviction. The appellate court affirmed the judgment due to statutory allowances, and because Windham’s consent was implied as …
Article • August 15, 2008
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
New York Prison System Phone Kickbacks Upheld; Reversed by Court of Appeals by A New York Supreme Appellate Court has sidestepped ruling on the merits of a lawsuit claiming that the practice of the New York Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) of receiving a commission from prisoner phone calls was …
Article • July 15, 2008 • from PLN July, 2008
Wisconsin County Bans Profiteering in Jail Phone Contracts by On September 20, 2007, the Board of Supervisors for Dane County, Wisconsin enacted an ordinance amending the way the county contracts for jail telephone services. The ordinance requires that jail phone contracts (1) must not generate revenue to the county and …
Alabama DOC Charges Prisoners Unlawful Fees to Cover Budget Shortfalls by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 1, 2007, the Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts released an audit report critical of the funding practices of the state's Department of Corrections (DOC). The DOC operates 19 prisons, 10 …
AT&T Settlement Includes Fines, Reimbursement for Overcharging Recipients of Phone Calls From Washington Prisoners by Michael Rigby AT&T Settlement Includes Fines, Reimbursement for Overcharging Recipients of Phone Calls From Washington Prisoners by Michael Rigby Telephone service provider AT&T has agreed to reimburse the families and friends of Washington prisoners who …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
"Let Freedom Ring" -- Cellphones Abound In California Prisons by Over 1,000 cellphones and Blackberrys were confiscated in California's 33 prisons in the past year. While such contraband was at a trickle seven years ago, the technology has reduced the size of these items to permit a veritable flood today …
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