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Federal Judge in Georgia Grants Class Action Status to Prisoners’ Suit Against Global Tel*Link by Monday, November 30, 2020, was a big day for a group of Georgia prisoners suing their phone service provider, Global Tel*Link (GTL), over the company’s allegedly hidden policy of confiscating any unused funds in their …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Global Tel*Link Hit with Sanctions For Discovery Violations in Georgia Prison Call Class Action by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Global Tel*Link (GTL) has long been one of the principal beneficiaries of the $1 billion prisoner call industry, through a combination of astute business practices, intense lobbying, and a business …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
NBA Owner Capitalizes on Mass Incarceration; Players Silent by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Members of National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) maintained their place at the forefront of the movement for racial justice even while encapsulated in the National Basketball Association (NBA) bubble during the 2020 championship playoffs. The basketball …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Telephone Rates
Cost of Communicating with Prisoners Breaking Family Budgets During Pandemic by David Reutter by David M. Reutter For those with loved ones in prisons, the coronavirus pandemic has increased the desire for communication to ensure the well-being of the imprisoned. The exorbitant cost of such calls is straining already-stretched budgets. …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Federal Judge Approves $25 Million Class Action Settlement Against Global Tel*Link by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna On October 22, 2020, New Jersey federal district court Judge William J. Martini ended a seven-year class action brought by New Jersey Department of Correction (DOC) prisoners complaining of excessive phone fees levied …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Massachusetts Jail Phone Cost Reductions Under Attack by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon At least two Massachusetts sheriffs offer rehabilitative programs to prisoners in their jails. Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi’s jail holds anger management, domestic violence classes and employment seminars while providing bus service to and from the jail …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Telephone Rates
$225,000 Windfall in Lehigh County, Pa. But Officials Don’t Cut Jail Phone Costs by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Renegotiation of its jail telephone contract netted Pennsylvania’s Lehigh County an unbudgeted $225,000 windfall. Mark Pinsley, the county comptroller, urged county officials to put that “revenue back into efforts to …
Brief • October 19, 2020
CA Public Utilities Commission, order instituting rulemaking, just phone rates for prisoners, 2020 ALJ/CF1/gp2 Date of Issuance: 10/19/2020 BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Order Instituting Rulemaking to Consider Regulating Telecommunications Services Used by Incarcerated People FILED PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OCTOBER 6, 2020 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA …
Publication • September 22, 2020
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Letter to Governors Cuomo and Hutchinson Regarding Affordable Prison Communication Services September 22, 2020 The Honorable Andrew Cuomo Governor of the State of New York and Chair of the National Governor’s Association The Honorable Asa Hutchinson Governor of the State of Arkansas and Vice Chair of the National Governor’s Association …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: Commissary, Telephone Rates
San Francisco Eliminates Fees on Jail Phone Calls by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson We are never again going to take a commission or make money off of products and services provided to incarcerated people and their support networks, their families,” declared Anne Stuhldreher, director of the San Francisco Treasurer’s …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Dallas County, Texas Jails Finally Enter the 21st Century on Phone Rates by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Until February 18, 2020, it cost pre- and post-trial detainees in the Dallas County, Texas jails .24¢ per minute to speak to their families on the phone. Urged by criminal justice reform …
Brief • September 1, 2020
Filed under: Telephone Rates
FCC In the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services Federal Communications Commission DA 20-1006 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services ) ) ) ) WC Docket No. 12-375 ORDER Adopted: September 1, 2020 Released: September 1, …
Publication • August 1, 2020
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and Global Tel*Link City and County of San Francisco Office of Contract Administration Purchasing Division City Hall, Room 430 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San Francisco, California 94102-4685 Agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and Global Tel*Link …
Article • July 30, 2020
Quarantine Fatigue vs. Escalating Prison Lockdowns (During COVID-19 & Black Lives Matter Protests) by Ava Martoma KidsMates, Inc. Blog Post By Ava Martoma, Age 13 Like much of America, I’m feeling quarantine fatigue. On the upside, I’ve had a lot of time to reflect on … well, everything. Lately, George …
Publication • July 16, 2020
Report and Order on Remand and Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Federal Communications Commission, 2020 July 16, 2020 FACT SHEET * Ensuring Just and Reasonable Rates and Charges for Inmate Calling Services Report and Order on Remand and Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking – WC Docket No. 12-375 …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: Telephone Rates
California Court of Appeal Upholds Dismissal of Challenge to Excessive Jail Phone Rates as Unconstitutional Tax by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 28, 2020, a California court of appeal affirmed the judgment of a lower court sustaining the demurrer of nine counties that were sued by jail prisoners …
Filing • June 29, 2020
Filed under: Complaints, Telephone Rates
Albert, et al. v. Global Tel*Link Corp., Securus Technologies, 3Cinteractive Corp., MD, class action complaint, prison phone calls, 2020 Case 8:20-cv-01936-PWG Document 1 Filed 06/29/20 Page 1 of 122 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND ASHLEY ALBERT, PO Box 52 Nashua, NH 03061 CIVIL ACTION NO. 8:20-CV-1936 …
Publication • 2020
Filed under: Telephone Rates
No Kickbacks Campaign - a Parole Illinois Project, 2020 INTRODUCING THE KICKBACKS CAMPAIGN A PAROLE UUU~@U~ Project ParoleIllinois.org ParoleIllinois@gmail.com Parole Illinois 601 S. California Ave., Chicago, IL 60612 IJL @ ParoleIllinois PAGE 2 NO KICKBACKS Thanks to conscientious State legislators, concerned citizens, and activists both inside and out of prison …
Kickback publication • 2020
Filed under: Telephone Rates
TX - Dallas County - Securus contract - 2020-2025 RFP NUMBER 2019-064-6828 BETWEEN DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS AND SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES LLC This Master Agreement ("Agreement") is made and entered into by and between the Dallas County, Texas, ("County") a political subdivision of the State of Texas acting by and through the …
Kickback publication • 2020
Filed under: Telephone Rates
California Dept of Corrections Contract With Global Tel Link Thru 2026 STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY STATEWIDE TECHNOLOGY PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT NUMBER STANDARD AGREEMENT TECH 213 (rev. 02/2020) 1. C5610009 This Agreement is entered into between the Contracting Agency and the Contractor named below: CONTRACTING AGENCY NAME Department of Corrections …
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