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Brief • December 12, 2012
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Louisiana Public Service Commission, LA, Ex Parte Order, relief from high phone rates, 2012 LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ORDER NUMBER R-31891 LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, EX PARTE Docket Number R-31891 In Re: Review and Update of the Regulations and Guidelines of the Louisiana Public Service Commission Applicable to Customer Owned …
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
Filed under: Organizing, Telephone Rates
PLN Readers Flood the FCC with Letters; Campaign Fights for Prison Phone Justice by Mel Motel In June 2012, Prison Legal News began running a full-page flyer for the Campaign for Prison Phone Justice, asking people to get involved and take action. Within weeks, letters from PLN readers began flooding …
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
$2,500 Settlement in Illinois Prisoner’s Telephone Disconnect Suit – After Nine Years by An Illinois prisoner has accepted $2,500 to settle a lawsuit against Ameritech, in which he accused the telecommunications company of fraudulently and intentionally disconnecting phone calls made by prisoners. Prisoner Johnnie Flournoy filed suit in state court …
Davis v. Abercrombie, HI, Declaration, Daniel Gluck Exhibit 1, 2012 Case 1:11-cv-00144-LEK-BMK Document 191-3 3782 Filed 10/16/12 Page 1 of 3 PageID #: IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RICHARD KAPELA DAVIS, MICHAEL CIV. NO. 11-00144 LEK/BMK HUGHES, DAMIEN KAAHU, ROBERT A. HOLBRON, JAMES KANE, …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
From the Editor by Paul Wright Over the past 22 years Prison Legal News has been represented by dozens of lawyers around the country in a variety of cases, mostly dealing with censorship and public records requests. We have met many if not most of our attorneys because they subscribed …
The Price to Call Home: State-Sanctioned Monopolization in the Prison Phone Industry by Drew Kukorowski Ed. Note: In April 2011, Prison Legal News published a comprehensive cover story on the prison telephone industry based on two years of research into prison phone contracts, rates and kickbacks nationwide. This article provides …
Article • October 15, 2012
Filed under: Organizing, Telephone Rates
"Strong Families, Safe Communities" Sends Clear Message for Phone Justice by Mel Motel Mel Motel: "Strong Families, Safe Communities" Sends Clear Message for Phone Justice 2012-11-15 The Campaign for Prison Phone Justice is a national effort challenging prison phone kickbacks and the U.S. Prison Telephone Industry. The campaign is jointly …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
Texas Court Orders TDCJ to Provide Hearing Impaired Telecommunications by On April 5, 2011, a Texas state court issued a temporary injunction ordering the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to provide telecommunications to hearing impaired prisoners using the Texas Relay Service (TRS). Leslie Arrington, Janet Lock, Kathy Williams and …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
From the Editor by Paul Wright The Prison Phone Justice Campaign is gaining momentum nationally. As announced in last month’s issue, a number of organizations, including the Human Rights Defense Center (the parent organization of Prison Legal News) have launched a campaign to end the practice of price gouging prisoners …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
Texas Prison System Increases Prisoners’ Monthly Phone Minutes by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In 2007, when Texas became the last state in the nation to let prisoners make phone calls on a regular basis, the limit on phone usage was 120 minutes a month. [See: PLN, Nov. 2007, p.11]. …
Missouri Court Finds Prisoner Phone Contract Bidding Process Unfair by On November 30, 2011, a Missouri circuit court held that adding optional services to the state’s prisoner telephone contract without putting those services out for competitive bidding would render the contract void. The court found the current contract was valid, …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Iowa Supreme Court Holds Billing for Fraudulent Prisoner Phone Calls Not a State Law Violation by On October 14, 2011 the Iowa Supreme Court held that a prison telephone company did not commit a “cramming” violation by improperly billing a third party for fraudulent collect calls made by a prisoner. …
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 …
Brief • 2012
Filed under: Telephones
Recipients of Collect Calls From Prisoners v Mass Dept of Communication and Cable Ma Memo of Petitioners Opposing Dismissal Phone Rates 2012 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND CABLE No. D.T.C. 11-16 PETITION OF RECIPIENTS OF COLLECT CALLS FROM PRISONERS AT CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS SEEKING RELIEF FROM THE …
Brief • 2012
Filed under: Telephones
Judd Et Al v At&t Wa Order on Motion for Class Certf 2012 HON. BETH M. ANDRUS IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR KING COUNTY SANDY JUDD, TARA HERIVEL, and COLUMBIA LEGAL SERVICES, for themselves, and on behalf of all similarly situated persons, Plaintiffs, v. NO. 00-2-17565-5 SEA CLASS …
Publication • 2012
Hrdc Joint Letter From Criminal Justice Orgs to Fcc Re Wright Petition 10-23-12 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS October 23, 2012 Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Re: Joint Ex Parte Comment for CC Docket No. 96-128 (“Wright …
Publication • 2012
Hrdc Ex Parte Re Wright Peition 10-8-12 Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS www.prisonlegalnews.org afriedmann@prisonlegalnews.org Please Reply to Tennessee Office: Direct Dial: 615-495-6568 5331 Mt. View Rd. #130 Antioch, TN 37013 October 8, 2012 Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street S.W. Washington, DC …
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 …
Brief • May 17, 2012
The Swatch Group Management Services v. Bloomberg, NY, Opinion and Order, Infringement of Record, 2012 Case 1:11-cv-01006-AKH Document 53 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK --------------------------------------------------------------- x Filed 05/17/12 Page 1 of 12 USDC ~Il'\ \' D0CL.\1 L'\T ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC#: DATF F-I-L-Em"'~"".- - ' - - …
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 …
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