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Indiana State Courts Have Jurisdiction In Prisoner Phone Contract Case

Article • January 15, 2006 • from PLN January, 2006

Filed under: Administrative Exhaustion, Class Certification, Telephones, Telephone Rates, Municipal Liability

Indiana State Courts Have Jurisdiction In Prisoner Phone Contract Case by Bob Williams In a suit challenging excessive collect call rates charged to prisoners' families, friends and attorneys, the Indiana Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court's dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Chanelle Alexander and others (the …

Disclosure of Washington State Prisoner Phone RatesDisclosure of Washington State Prisoner Phone Rates Stymied by the Courts

Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005

Filed under: Standing, Disclosure of Records, Mootness, Telephones, Telephone Rates

Disclosure of Washington State Prisoner Phone RatesDisclosure of Washington State Prisoner Phone Rates Stymied by the Courts by Disclosure of Washington State Prisoner Phone Rates Stymied by the Courts by John E. Dannenberg When recipients of Washington state prisoner-originated long distance phone calls sought to compel disclosure of the telephone …

Mere Pendency of Proceedings Deprives Court of Jurisdiction in Jail Collect Call Case; Attorney Fee

Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005

Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Public Defenders, Injunctions, Standing, Mootness, Telephones, Telephone Access, Attorney Calls

Mere Pendency of Proceedings Deprives Court of Jurisdiction in Jail Collect Call Case; Attorney Fee by Mere Pendency of Proceedings Deprives Court of Jurisdiction in Jail Collect Call Case; Attorney Fee Awarded Reversed, Injunction Upheld The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed an award of attorney's fees, holding the …

Walton v Nydoc Plt Brief Phone Rates 2005

Brief • August 15, 2005

Filed under: Telephones

Walton v Nydoc Plt Brief Phone Rates 2005 STATE OF NEW YORK APPELLATE DIVISION SUPREME COURT THIRD DEPARTMENT IVEY WALTON, RAMON AUSTIN, JOANN HARRIS, the OFFICE OF THE APPELLATE DEFENDER, and the NEW YORK STATE DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION Plaintiffs-Appellants. -againstTHE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, AND MCI WORLDCOM COMMUNICATIONS, …

Contraband Cell Phones On The Rise In U.S. Prisons

Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Telephones, Telephone Access

Contraband Cell Phones On The Rise In U.S. Prisons by Though drugs and weapons have long been a bane to prison officials everywhere, prisons around the country and the world are now experiencing a new contraband problem: cellular telephones. Texas prison officials learned how serious the problem was during a …

Walton v Ny State Dept of Corr Services Ny Appellant Brief Unlawful Phone Tax 2005.pdf

Brief • 2005

Filed under: Telephones

Walton v Ny State Dept of Corr Services Ny Appellant Brief Unlawful Phone Tax 2005.pdf STATE OF NEW YORK APPELLATE DIVISION SUPREME COURT THIRD DEPARTMENT IVEY WALTON, RAMON AUSTIN, JOANN HARRIS, the OFFICE OF THE APPELLATE DEFENDER, and the NEW YORK STATE DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION Plaintiffs-Appellants. -againstTHE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT …

Phone Companies Gouge California Jail Prisoners' Families

Article • April 15, 2005 • from PLN April, 2005

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates, Attorney Calls

Phone Companies Gouge California Jail Prisoners' Families by by John E. Dannenberg In a scenario reminiscent of the Spy versus Spy" cartoon, phone companies are gouging California jail prisoners' families with outlandish collect call rates, while prisoners are defrauding the phone companies by taking advantage of new computerized phones to …

California Awards MCI WorldCom Another Sole-Source Prisoner Phone Contract

Article • April 15, 2005 • from PLN April, 2005

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

California Awards MCI WorldCom Another Sole-Source Prisoner Phone Contract by by Marvin Mentor The California Department of Corrections (CDC) awarded a sole-source contract to MCI WorldCom (MCI) for all CDC prisoner phones. The October 29, 2004 agreement covers four years, with options for up to two one-year extensions. Significantly, CDC …

California Demands $1.6 Million In Diverted Telephone Revenues From Private Prison Contractor

Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005

Filed under: Marantha Private Corrections, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Telephone Rates

California Demands $1.6 Million In Diverted Telephone Revenues From Private Prison Contractor by John E Dannenberg California Demands $1.6 Million In Diverted Telephone Revenues From Private Prison Contractor by John E. Dannenberg The California Department of Corrections (CDC) has charged private prison contractor Marantha Corrections LLC with "misappropriating" more than …

Is There A Winning Argument Against Excessive Rates For Collect Calls From Prisoners?

Article • January 15, 2005 • from PLN January, 2005

Filed under: Reviews, Telephones, Telephone Rates

Is There A Winning Argument Against Excessive Rates For Collect Calls From Prisoners? by John E Dannenberg by Madeline Severin, 25 Cardozo Law Review 1469, March, 2004 Review by John E. Dannenberg We all know about how prisons and jails conspire with telephone companies to bilk recipients of prisoner phone …

Illinois Appeals Court Reinstates Prisoner's Telephone Disconnect Suit

Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Telephone Rates

Illinois Appeals Court Reinstates Prisoner's Telephone Disconnect Suit by The Illinois Court of Appeals for the Third District reinstated a prisoner's lawsuit against Ameritech over the company's alleged fraudulent intentional early disconnecting of prisoner phone calls. Johnnie Flournoy, an Illinois state prisoner, filed suit in state court alleging fraud and …

Virginia SCC Without Jurisdiction to Hear Prisoner Phone Rate Challenge

Article • August 15, 2004 • from PLN August, 2004

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Virginia SCC Without Jurisdiction to Hear Prisoner Phone Rate Challenge by Virginia SCC Without Jurisdiction to Hear Prisoner Phone Rate Challenge The Virginia Supreme Court, in an un-published opinion, has held the State Corporation Commission (SCC) does not have jurisdiction to hear challenge to prisoner phone rates. Virginia Department of …

California Class Action Lawsuit Targets Unauthorized Prison Phone Charges

Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004

Filed under: Class Certification, Telephones, Telephone Rates, Attorney Calls

California Class Action Lawsuit Targets Unauthorized Prison Phone Charges by A lawsuit currently pending in a California state court claims that certain providers of prison telephone services have improperly charged for collect calls from correctional institutions that were not authorized or accepted by the called party. The lawsuit, Condes v. …

No Qualified Immunity in Civil Commitment Phone Monitoring

Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004

Filed under: Injunctions, Telephones, Telephone Monitoring, Qualified Immunity, Civil Commitment

No Qualified Immunity in Civil Commitment Phone Monitoring by The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment granted by the U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, to officials at the Special Commitment Center (SCC) for sex offenders at McNeil Island, Washington. This case is part of ongoing …

Walton v Nydoc Plt Opp to Def Mot to Dismiss Phone Rates 2004

Brief • June 17, 2004

Filed under: Telephones

Walton v Nydoc Plt Opp to Def Mot to Dismiss Phone Rates 2004 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF ALBANY _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.x NEY WALTON; RAMONA AUSTIN; JOANN HARRIS; the OFFICE OF THE …

Nebraska Prisoners Win Summary Judgment on Phone Access and Monitoring Issues

Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004

Filed under: Attorneys, Attorney Client, Telephone Access, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring, Access to Media

Nebraska Prisoners Win Summary Judgment on Phone Access and Monitoring Issues by Nebraska Prisoners Win Summary Judgment on Phone Access and Monitoring Issues by Matthew T. Clarke A Nebraska state district court granted Nebraska state prisoners' summary judgment on issues involving the monitoring and recording of phone calls to government …

Washington Failure to Disclose Prison-Phone-Rate Suit Dismissed, State Supreme Court Grants Review

Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Washington Failure to Disclose Prison-Phone-Rate Suit Dismissed, State Supreme Court Grants Review by Sam Rutherford Division I of the Washington State Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court dismissal of an action challenging phone companies' failure to disclose the rates for collect calls made by Washington prisoners. Relief was …

Discipline Without Notice Violates Due Process; BOP Administrative Exhaustion May Be Excused

Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004

Filed under: Notice of Rules, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Habeas Corpus, Telephones, Telephone Access

Discipline Without Notice Violates Due Process; BOP Administrative Exhaustion May Be Excused by Discipline Without Notice Violates Due Process; BOP Administrative Exhaustion May Be Excused A federal district court in Oregon held that a federal prisoner's procedural default in failing to exhaust administrative remedies would be waived. The court also …

NYPD Commissioner Charged With Stealing $112,733.98 from Jail Prisoner Fund

Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Jail Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Telephone Rates

NYPD Commissioner Charged With Stealing $112,733.98 from Jail Prisoner Fund by NYPD Commissioner Charged With Stealing $112,733.98 from Jail Prisoner Fund By Matthew T. Clarke On July 11, 2003, NYPD Deputy Po-lice Commissioner of Community Affairs Fredrick J. Patrick, 38, was arrested on federal charges that he looted close to …

Fighting for Fair Phone Rates

Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Telephone Rates

Fighting for Fair Phone Rates by Deborah M Golden Fighting For Fair Phone Rates by Deborah M. Golden In 2000, a group of prisoners, loved ones of prisoners, and attorneys filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the high cost of collect calls …