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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 …
Settlement Agreement Reached in Wisconsin Supermax Suit by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) officials settled the 42 USC § 1983 class action civil rights suit brought by seriously mentally ill prisoners housed in the Boscobel, WI Supermax state prison by agreeing not to …
Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002
New Mexico Caps High Telephone Rates by The governor of New Mexico signed a bill in February 2001, prohibiting prisons from profiting on prisoners' phone calls, which was exceeding 10 times the regular competitive rates with a 15 minute call costing up to $20. The Public Communications Services, a Los …
Brief • 2002
Filed under: Telephones
Condes v Evercom First Amended Complaint Phone Suit 2002 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 LAW OFFICES OF EDWARD C. CASEY, JR. EDWARD C. CASEY, JR. (State Bar #123702) 2100 Lakeshore Avenue, Suite A Oakland, CA 94606 Telephone: (510) 208-4422 Facsimile: (510) 272-9999 c_, …
Brief • 2002
Filed under: Telephones
Condes v. Evercom Systems, Ca, Complaint, Phone Rates, 2002 06/18/2004 FRI 10:17 FAX 415 675 2961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ALLURED LAW OFFICE LAW OFFICES OF EDWARD C. CASEY, JR. EDWARD C. CASEY, JR. (State Bar #123702) 2100 Lakeshore Avenue, Suite A …
U.S. Cited for Human Rights Violations by Gary Hunter On May 15, 2001, at a human rights conference in Geneva, the United States was denounced for its inhumane and discriminatory practices. Amnesty International and the U.N. Committee Against Torture cited the U.S. for oppressive tactics by both public law enforcement …
High Cost of Prison Telephone Calls Goes to Illinois State Court by In a characteristically colorful opinion from Judge Richard Posner, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit breathed new life into an otherwise moribund lawsuit where plaintiffs sought relief from the exorbitant charges for collect telephone calls …
Article • May 15, 2002 • from PLN May, 2002
Prison Phone Rate Case Remanded to South Carolina State Court by The United States District Court of South Carolina has remanded to state court a suit by prisoners' family members against Sprint Payphone Services and other communications providers, the State of South Carolina, and the South Carolina Department of Corrections …
MCI WorldCom Investigated in Georgia for Phone Overcharges; State Senator Involved by Lonnie Burton MCI WorldCom owns the exclusive contract to provide phone services to the 45,000 prisoners incarcerated in the State of Georgia. Of course, the prisoners are only allowed to place collect calls, and have no choice on …
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