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Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Exorbitant Prisoner Phone Rates Pass New York Constitutional Scrutiny by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 23, 2009, the New York Court of Appeals – the state’s highest court – affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit arguing that the contract between the New York State Department of Correctional …
Alternative Prisoner Phone Service Company Files Unsuccessful Suit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A company that offers a lower-cost alternative to the monopolistic practices of the nation’s largest prison and jail telephone service providers filed a federal lawsuit alleging violation of the Federal Communications Act. The suit was …
Third-Party Calling Disconnects at Jail Net $1.25 Million Settlement; Customers Get Nothing by by David M. Reutter When it comes to prison and jail telephone services, it’s all about how much money can be made without regard to the people who are bilked by for-profit phone companies. That is the …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Mississippi Prisoners Make Collect Call for Jesus by On April 15, 2009, the Mississippi Legislature passed legislation authorizing up to 25 percent, or $25,000 annually, of the money collected from prisoner telephone calls to fund a Jail and Prison Ministry. Since the late 1990s, the Good News Jail and Prison …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
Audit Finds California Prison Receiver Broke State Law by Making No-Bid Contracts with Verizon by Michael Brodheim An investigation by the California Bureau of State Audits has revealed that Prison Health Care Services, the office overseeing prison health care reform in California, violated legal requirements and bypassed internal controls when …
Florida’s Private Prisons Still Lack Meaningful Oversight by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida’s Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) has issued a report that finds that oversight of the state’s private prisons has strengthened under the Department of Management Services (DMS) but significant weakness still …
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) …
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