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Brief • August 31, 2009
Filed under: Telephones
In Re Prisoners Ma Corr Inst Ma Petition Admin Agency Prisoner Phone Rates 2009 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND CABLE PETITION OF RECIPIENTS OF COLLECT CALLS FROM PRISONERS AT CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS SEEKING RELIEF FROM THE UNJUST AND UNREASONABLE COST OF SUCH CALLS JameS Pingeon, Esq. Leslie …
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 • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
Nebraska: Tape-Recorded, Restricted-Calling Prison Telephone System Passes Constitutional Muster by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Nebraska Court of Appeals has upheld administrative regulation 205.3 (AR 205.3) of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), which restricts prisoner phone calls to land-line, nonconference-call recipients and authorizes tape-recording of all non-attorney …
Brief • August 5, 2009
Filed under: Telephones
Psc v Tgc Fl Settlement Offer Prison Phone Malfunction 2009 State of Florida ltJubltt~:erfritt0Ilt11tUtisitm CAPITAL CIRCLE OFFICE CENTER. 2540 SHUMARD OAK BOULEVARD TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32399-0850 -M-E-M-O-R-A-N-D-U-M- DATE: August 6, 2009 TO: Office of Commission Clerk (Cole) FROM: Division of Service, Safety & Consumer Assistance (MO.sfJS.)'1J--;;; Division of Regulatory Compliance (Curry, …
Connecticut Settles Overcrowding Suit by The State of Connecticut in the early 1980s agreed to settle a suit over the overcrowding at the Somers Correctional Facility. Joseph Letezeio individually and on behalf of all those similarly situated at Somers sued the State of Connecticut alleging that the overcrowding and other …
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 …
No Fourth Amendment Violation for Monitoring Attorney-Client Conversations by When a prisoner consents to the monitoring of calls over a jailhouse telephone, no Fourth Amendment violation exists if the government records calls made to an attorney, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit decided June 30, 2008. Scott …
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 …
BOP Settles Suit Over Telephone Access, Electronic FOIA Claims by The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has agreed to settle another lawsuit brought by PLN contributing writer, Brandon Sample.The settlement resolves several disputes between Sample and the BOP. Sample had complained, for instance, that the call prompt announced over the prisoner …
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 …
Brief • 2009
Filed under: Telephones
Barker v Manti Telephone Company Ut Order Employee Phone Privacy Violation 2009 Case 2:06-cv-00812-TC Document 89 Filed 01/06/2009 Page 1 of 9 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH CENTRAL DIVISION LAUREN BARKER, Plaintiff, ORDER AND vs. MEMORANDUM DECISION MANTI TELEPHONE COMPANY, PAUL COX, LAURA DAHL, …
Brief • 2009
Filed under: Telephones
Millicorp v Global Tel Link Fl Complaint Inmate Phone Service Interference 2009 Case 1:09-cv-23093-DLG Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 10/15/2009 Page 1 of 47 FILED by UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA f?GS" J?G5 D.C. 14 OCT 14 2009 STEVEN M. LARiMORE CLERK U. S. DiST. CT. …
Brief • 2009
Filed under: Telephones
Psc v Tgc Fl Settlement Approval Prison Phone Malfunction 2009 FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION 11 VOTE SHEET August 18, 2009 Docket No. 060614-TC - Compliance investigation of TCG Public Communications, Inc. for apparent violation of Section 364.183(1), F.S., Access to Company Records, and determination of amount and appropriate method for …
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 …
Design of Prison Telephone Held Not To Infringe Patent by On June 18, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a judgment of non-infringement in a patent dispute over the design of a prison telephone. TIP Systems, LLC patented the design of a telephone for use …
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 • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
Texas, New Jersey Prison Staff Prosecuted for Cell Phone Smuggling by On October 20, 2008, the entire Texas prison system was locked down and searched for cell phones and other contraband. The search resulted in the discovery of hundreds of cell phones, chargers, SIM cards, tobacco stashes and weapons. [See: …
Suit Filed Over Minnesota Jail’s Secret Recording of Privileged Phone Calls by Matthew Clarke Suit Filed Over Minnesota Jail’s Secret Recording of Privileged Phone Calls by Matt Clarke On October 15, 2008, a Minneapolis law firm filed a civil rights suit in federal district court alleging that attorney-client phone calls …
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