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Brief • September 30, 2016
Filed under: Visiting, Video Visitation
In re Paperwork Reduction Act, DC, Wright Petitioners FCC Litigation - Required Info for ICS Providers, 2016 Before The FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of: ) ) Paperwork Reduction Act Review ) FCC FORM 2300 FCC FORM 2301(a) FCC FORM 2301(b) COMMENTS The Wright Petitioners, by …
No Way to Call Home: Incarcerated Deaf People Are Locked in a Prison Inside a Prison by By Mike Ludwig, Truthout This story is the result of a nine-month investigation and part one of a multimedia series on deaf prisoners, as part of a reporting collaboration with the Making Contact radio program. …
Parolees Violated Without New Charges Bloat Wisconsin Prison Population by Matthew Clarke Due to policies and practices which are costly to society and former parolees, well over half the 7,727 people sent to prison in Wisconsin in 2013 were imprisoned for parole rule violations without any new criminal charges. Those …
Massachusetts Prisoners Involved in Reform Efforts Transferred, Held in Solitary by Christopher Zoukis Three Massachusetts state prisoners have been placed in segregation in apparent retaliation for their prison reform activism. Timothy Muise, Shawn Fisher and Steven James, all incarcerated at the medium-security prison MCI Shirley, were taken from their cells …
Study Argues that Conjugal Visits Can Reduce Number of Prison Rapes by Researchers at Florida International University contend that states where sexual intercourse between prisoners and their visiting spouses is allowed have fewer rapes and sexual assaults than states where conjugal visits are prohibited, El controversial finding that disputes the …
Article • August 23, 2016
Washoe County, Nevada Institutes Web-Based Jail Visits for a Fee by Matthew Clarke On August 1, 2010, the Washoe County Sheriff's Office began a pilot program of web-based jail visitation. Two years later, the web-based visitation had grown to encompass about two-fifths of all visits. In 2010, a local company …
Article • August 23, 2016
Travis County (Texas) Jail Initiates Video Visitation for a Fee by Matthew Clarke Travis County intends to be one of the first places in Texas that allows video visitation for jail prisoners. Under an agreement with Securus Technologies, Inc. approved by the county commissioners on October 30, 2012, the county …
Article • August 23, 2016
N.Y. Ex-Con Goes Back to Jail for Going Back to Jail by One day, Matthew Matagrano, 36, was a corrections investigator, waving around a shiny, gold badge to gain entry into any of New York City's jails. The next, they wouldn't let him leave. On March 2, 2013, Matagrano, of …
Publication • August 23, 2016
In Person and Video Visiting, Urbana Champaign Independent Media, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2016 FOR MORE INFORMATION: Brian Dolinar, Program Director, Independent Media Center 217-621-5827, briandolinar@ucimc.org Michelle Jett, State Rep. Carol Ammons 217-531-1660, michelle@staterepcarolammons.com Urbana, IL - In-person contact visits are now legally guaranteed in Illinois prisons, setting …
Article • August 10, 2016
Oregon Expands Visiting Opportunities to Reduce Recidivism by Mark Wilson Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) officials are working to expand prisoner visiting opportunities, in response to a 2011 study that found a positive correlation between prison visits and recidivism rates. In November 2011, the Minnesota Department of Corrections released a …
Article • August 10, 2016
BOP X-Ray Machine Installations a $4 Million Failure by Derek Gilna Contraband is a constant problem in Bureau of Prisons (BOP) facilities, and although some of it is just a nuisance -- tobacco, alcohol, and creatine, for instance -- it constitutes a potentially serious threat in higher-security institutions when guns, …
Article • August 9, 2016
VAC Greed Brings Oregon Prisoners Lower Rates, MP3s, Email & Video Visits by An overnight spike in prisoner phone rates compelled Oregon prison officials to switch to a new prisoner phone service provider on July 1, 2012. Most prisoners consider the new company's lower rates and enhanced services a major …
Publication • August 9, 2016
Filed under: Visiting
Prison Visitation Policies: A Fifty State Survey, Boudin, 2012 Prison Visitation Policies: A Fifty State Survey November 20121 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 1 Part I. Methodology..................................................................................................................... 3 Part II: Key Findings ................................................................................................................... 6 Part III: Overnight Family Visits and Virtual Visitation .......................................................... 19 A. Overnight Family Visits ............................................................................................ 19 …
Publication • August 9, 2016
The Effects of Prison Visitation on Offender Recidivism, MN DOC, 2011 THE EFFECTS OF PRISON VISITATION ON OFFENDER RECIDIVISM 1450 Energy Park Drive, Suite 200 St. Paul, Minnesota 55108-5219 651/361-7200 TTY 800/627-3529 www.doc.state.mn.us November 2011 This information will be made available in alternative format upon request. Printed on recycled paper …
Article • August 5, 2016
Nebraska Juvenile Court May Enter Visitation Orders While Appeal Pending by The Nebraska Court of Appeals held a juvenile court had continuing jurisdiction to suspend a parents visitation privileges while an appeal challenging adjudication of the children was pending.  The court further found it lacked jurisdiction over the instant appeal …
Idaho DOC Can’t Stop Love; State Senator’s Ex-wife Weds Prisoner by Mark Wilson Lance Conway Wood, 48, was described as “a strong-willed inmate” with an extensive “history of ‘crossing the line’” who “exploits the human weaknesses of prison staff,” according to a federal judge. Wood, however, undoubtedly views himself as …
Article • August 1, 2016
BOP Pays $50,000 in Trip and Fall Incident by The federal Bureau of Prisons paid $50,000 to settle a Federal Tort Claims Act that sought damages for injuries sustained during a trip and fall. Janice West, 71, was entering The Federal Detention Center in Dublin, California, on July 8, 1995, …
Courts Divided on Confidentiality of Attorney-Prisoner Email by Derek Gilna The fact that prosecutors and corrections officials read emails between prisoners and their lawyers comes as no surprise to most defense attorneys, many of whom find it ironic that the very public officials paid to enforce the laws do not …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
California Jail Ordered to Restore Attorney-Client Contact Visits by Derek Gilna The Wayne Brown Correctional Facility in Nevada County, California changed its rules in 2013 to prohibit defense attorneys from having contact visits with their clients, allegedly due to security and cost concerns. Several prisoners filed suit, and a superior …
The End of Prison Visitation by by Jack Smith IV, Mic A new system called “video visitation” is replacing in-person jail visits with glitchy, expensive Skype-like video calls. It’s inhumane, dystopian and actually increases in-prison violence – but god, it makes money. Losing Connection The only way Lauren Johnson could see …
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