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Disarray in Colorado: Prisoners Hurt by Host of Problems by Bob Williams Society is dynamic, in a state of con-stant flux where change is the only constant, but recent changes in Colorado are turning up the pressure in Colorado's prison system. Prisoner pay has been nearly eliminated while hygiene items …
CCA Closes Oklahoma Prison, Settles Tax Lawsuit Over Ohio Prison by Michael Rigby The turbulent economy of the past decade has led many communities across America to foolishly seek prisons as a recession proof industry and rural welfare program for poor whites. But prisons can be a double edged sword, …
Brief • March 10, 2004
Filed under: Telephones
Fcc Prison Phone Rates Aclu Comments 2004 Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of: Implementation of Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 Petition for Rulemaking or, in the Alternative, Petition to Address Referral Issues In Pending Rulemaking ) ) …
Brief • March 10, 2004
Filed under: Telephones
Fcc Petition on Prison Phone Rates 2004 Before The Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Implementation of Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 ) ) ) ) ) CC Docket No. 96-128 ) COMMENTS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE …
Brief • January 22, 2004
Filed under: Telephones
Judd v Att Wa Plt Supp Brief Phone Rates 2004 NO. 73966-8 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON SANDY JUDD, TARA HERIVEL and ZURAYA WRIGHT, for themselves, and on behalf of all similarly situated persons, Petitioners, v. GTE NORTHWEST INC.; CENTURYTEL TELEPHONE UTILITIES, INC.; NORTHWEST TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., …
Brief • January 22, 2004
Filed under: Telephones
Judd v Att Wa Petitioners Supplemental Brief Phone Rates 2004 NO. 73966-8 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON SANDY JUDD, TARA HERIVEL and ZURAYA WRIGHT, for themselves, and on behalf of all similarly situated persons, Petitioners, v. GTE NORTHWEST INC.; CENTURYTEL TELEPHONE UTILITIES, INC.; NORTHWEST TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., …
Administrative Exhaustion Required in Pre-PLRA BOP Phone Suit by The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the administrative remedies exhaustion requirement of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) must be met even where a court approved settlement reached prior to the PLRA's enactment does not so require. …
Scandal-Ridden, Bankrupt MCI WorldCom Wins No-Bid California Prisoner Phone Contract by Marvin Mentor A renewed four-year no-bid prisoner phone contract was awarded in June, 2002 by the California Department of General Services to MCI WorldCom, a telephone conglomerate whose recent bankruptcy exposed the largest accounting fraud in US business history …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Nebraska Prisons Get Progressive Phone Contract by by Matthew T. Clarke In February, 2003, The Nebraska Department of Corrections (DOC) has contracted with AT&T to set up what may be the most progressive prisoner phone service in the United States. The five-year contract makes AT&T the sole provider of local …
Article • July 15, 2003 • from PLN July, 2003
Secretly Recorded California Jail Phone Conversations May Be Used to Convict by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The California Supreme Court held that jail detainees' unprivileged (non-attorney) phone conversations and visits may be secretly recorded and that that information may be used to convict. This ruling, which reversed …
New Mexico Supreme court Affirms Dismissal of Phone Rate Suit by New Mexico Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Phone Rate Suit The New Mexico Supreme Court affirmed a district court's dismissal of an excessive phone rates case for failure to state a claim. Recipients of collect telephone calls from New …
Article • May 15, 2003 • from PLN May, 2003
San Mateo County Sues California Jail Phone Service Providers by San Mateo County Sues California Jail Phone Service Providers On July 7, 2002, the county of San Mateo, California, brought suit against Pacific Bell and AT&T alleging they cheated the county out of millions of dollars earmarked for a fund …
Brief • May 14, 2003
Filed under: Telephones
Judd v Att Wa Petition for Review Phone Rates 2003 -J -.: fILE COpy RECEIVED RECEIVED COURT OF APPEALS MAY' ,14:2003 P.TON OATS , !W8 LIJI COURT OF APPEALS NO. 48075_8_~IVISJON ONE MAY 1 4 2003 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON RECEIVED MAY 14 2003 STOEL RIVES LLP …
Acrimonious Michigan Prisoners' Rights Suit Settled After 15 Years by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A class-action lawsuit launched by Michigan state prisoners in 1988 which ultimately cost taxpayers $7.5 million in litigation costs was settled on November 4, 2003, resulting in prisoners gaining appropriate classification and psychiatric …
New Mexico Lawyers Entitled to Jail Visiting, Phone and Records Access by A New Mexico federal district court has entered a preliminary injunction that enjoins jail officials from prohibiting class counsel from having access to the jail, its prisoners and staff, its records, and from imposing time limits on telephone …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN March, 2003
Virginia Law Repeals Phone Rate Ruling by Matthew T. Clarke Effective July 1, 2002, the Virginia legislature has enacted a law specifically designed to undercut a favorable ruling on prison phone rates by the State Corporation Commission (SCC). Robert Lee Jones, a Virginia state prisoner, filed a complaint with the …
Prisoner Phone Recordings not Exempt from FOIA Disclosure by Prisoner Phone Recordings Not Exempt From FOIA Disclosure The Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has held that a prisoner is entitled under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to recordings of his properly monitored phone conversations with his attorney …
Washington Jail Sued Over Conditions by Lonnie Burton On February 25, 2002, a county jail prisoner in Port Hadlock, Washington brought a class action lawsuit against the Jefferson County jail alleging near barbaric jail conditions that include inadequate health care, frigidly cold cells, broken plumbing, flooding, and inadequate clothing and …
Article • February 15, 2003 • from PLN February, 2003
South Carolina County Pays $276,660 for Illegal Wiretaps on Judges' Telephones by The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a federal district court's $276,660 damage award to South Carolina state court judges who alleged that Greenville County law enforcement officers ran unlawful wiretaps on their telephones …
Article • November 15, 2002 • from PLN November, 2002
Texas Extends 6th Amendment Right to Prisoners: Confidential Attorney Calls Allowed by On December 14, 2001, Texas finally released its stranglehold on the right to confidential phone calls between prisoners and attorneys. Texas had been the only state that monitored attorney phone calls. Even then the American Civil Liberties Union …
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