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West Virginia Prisoners Protest Visit/Phone Restrictions

Article • June 15, 2000 • from PLN June, 2000

Filed under: Prison Industries, Prison Rebellion, Work Strikes, Prisoner Privileges, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

West Virginia Prisoners Protest Visit/Phone Restrictions by Prisoners at the Mount Olive Correctional Center in West Virginia staged a walkout on Monday morning August 30, 1999 to protest a new visitation policy and problems with the phone system. More than 200 prisoners gathered in the prison's recreation yard and sat …

Illinois Phone Suit Dismissed

Article • June 15, 2000 • from PLN June, 2000

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Illinois Phone Suit Dismissed by In the August, 1999, issue of PLN we reported that a class action suit had been filed in federal court in Illinois challenging the extortionate phone rates charged to those who accept collect calls from prisoners. On March 23, 2000, federal district court judge William …

In Re Prison Phone Rates Nm 2000

Brief • 2000

Filed under: Telephones

In Re Prison Phone Rates Nm 2000 PAGE 10· 1 FROM-COMEAU MALOEGEN TEM JtPR-Oi 00 10.3 BEFORE TlIE NEW MExrCO PUBUC REGULATION COMMISSION IN THE MAlTER OFTBE APPUCATION OF PUBLIC COMMlJNICATION& SERVICES, INC. FOR A CERTIFICATE OF REGISlRATION TO PROVIDE NON-FACILITIES BASED RESOLD INTRASTATE lNTEREXCBANGE TELECOMMlJNICATIONS SERVICES AND INMATE OPERATOR …

Judd v Att Wa Order Granting Def Mtd 2000

Brief • 2000

Filed under: Telephones

Judd v Att Wa Order Granting Def Mtd 2000 RECEIVED NOV 1 3 2000 HONORABLE J. KATHLEEN LEARNED nL'-~I'P-D ' v,· . . t':~r·T. 18'- RECEIVE 0 LAW OFFICE OF .H1DGf.S Mt\11. HOl!~,~SIRIANNI & YOUTZ 2 3 2000 ~UG 25 PH 4: 27 4 KING COUNTY SUPERI(¥Ufit~lsUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON …

Judd v At&t Wa Complaint Class Action 2000 Phone Rates

Brief • 2000

Filed under: Telephones

Judd v At&t Wa Complaint Class Action 2000 Phone Rates 2 3 4 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR KING COUNTY 5 6 7 ~ ! SANDY JUDD, and ZURAYA WRIGHT, for themselves, and on behalf of all similarly situated persons, CO- NO. j. - 1'1 S(,.S - 5 5EA 8 …

Judd v At&t Wa First Amd Comp Class Action 2000 Phone Rates

Brief • 2000

Filed under: Telephones

Judd v At&t Wa First Amd Comp Class Action 2000 Phone Rates ," ;------------ - I certify under penalty of peljury under the laws of the State of Washington that on August 1,2000,1 served a copy of this document on all counsel of CLiENT'S COpy _. ! I I =b:d.==ft7" …

New Mexico Private and State Prison Phone Rates Challenged

Article • May 15, 2000 • from PLN May, 2000

Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Esmor/CSC, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Cornell Corrections, Civil Procedure, State Law Claims, Telephone Rates, Contractor Liability

New Mexico Private and State Prison Phone Rates Challenged by Two separate state court class action lawsuits have challenged the excessive phone rates charged to people who accept collect calls from New Mexico state prisoners. The first lawsuit, Valdez v. Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, was filed on December 30, 1999, in …

Vermont Public Service Board, Order, Prison Phone Rates, 2000

Brief • April 13, 2000

Filed under: Telephones

Vermont Public Service Board, Order, Prison Phone Rates, 2000 ..... . STATEOFVERMONT PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD ME ----------~~ • Exhibit 2 5 Docket No. 6373 Investigation into the rates charged by Sprint Communications 'l Company, L.P. for provision oftelephone services to the i ,Northwest State Correctional Facility in Swanton, Vermont III …

Private Prison Denied Wiretap Exception

Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999

Filed under: Cornell Corrections, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Standing, Telephones, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring

Private Prison Denied Wiretap Exception by A federal district court in Rhode Island held that a private jail is neither a "law enforcement" agency, nor a federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) facility, that would shield it from liability under federal wiretapping statutes, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510-2520 (the Act). The court …

Class Action Suits Challenge Rip-Off Prison and Jail Phone Rates

Article • August 15, 1999 • from PLN August, 1999

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Class Action Suits Challenge Rip-Off Prison and Jail Phone Rates by Suit Filed in Illinois On May 5, 1999, a class action suit was filed by Illinois consumers who receive collect calls from Illinois state and county jail prisoners alleging that they are forced to pay exorbitant phone rates as …

FCC Requires Rate Disclosure for Prison Phones

Article • August 15, 1999 • from PLN August, 1999

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

FCC Requires Rate Disclosure for Prison Phones by The Federal Communications Commission, (FCC) has issued regulations mandating the disclosure rates consumers will actually pay for phone calls received from prisoners. Effective October 1, 1999, 47 C.F.R. § 67.710 "Operator Services for Prison Inmate Phones", states in its entirety: "(a) Each …

Kentucky Utilities Commission Reduces Prison and Jail Phone Rates

Article • August 15, 1999 • from PLN August, 1999

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Kentucky Utilities Commission Reduces Prison and Jail Phone Rates by On January 10, 1999, the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) issued an order, requiring: prison and Jail phone service providers to reduce the rates they charge for prison and Jail collect calls to the tariff charged for non prison and …

Washington v. Reno, KY, DOJ Report, Telephone Access in Prisons, 1999

Brief • 1999

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

Washington v. Reno, KY, DOJ Report, Telephone Access in Prisons, 1999 Criminal Calls: Review of BOPs Management of Inmate Telephone Privileges Page 1 of 4 USDOJ/OIG Special Report CRIMINAL CALLS: A REVIEW OF THE BUREAU OF PRISONS’ MANAGEMENT OF INMATE TELEPHONE PRIVILEGES (August, 1999) ***** TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY …

Judicial Sentence of Life in Solitary Upheld

Article • March 15, 1999 • from PLN March, 1999

Filed under: Gang Policies, Criminal Prosecution, Judiciary, Telephones, Telephone Access, Mail Regulations

Judicial Sentence of Life in Solitary Upheld by The court of appeals for the Second circuit affirmed a court imposed sentence of life imprisonment in solitary confinement and prohibiting all communication with anyone except the defendant's attorney and close family members after the district court had approved them. The appeals …

Settlement in Washington State Deaf Prisoners' Lawsuit

Article • February 15, 1999 • from PLN February, 1999

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Disabled Prisoners, Attorney Fee Awards, Attorney Fees (PLRA), Damages, Settlements, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Interpreters, Telephones, Telephone Access

Settlement in Washington State Deaf Prisoners' Lawsuit by Jeff Crollard Aclass action lawsuit was settled on behalf of deaf and hearing-impaired prisoners in Washington State on September 3, 1998. The settlement agreement obligates the Washington State Department of Corrections to provide qualified sign language interpreters and assistive devices, such as …

Colorado Supreme Court Holds Utility Commission Lacks Jurisdiction Over Prison Phone Gouging

Article • November 15, 1998 • from PLN November, 1998

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Colorado Supreme Court Holds Utility Commission Lacks Jurisdiction Over Prison Phone Gouging by The Colorado state supreme court held that the state Public Utilities Commission (PUC) had no jurisdiction over the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) with regards to inflated phone costs charged to prisoners. Several Colorado state prisoners filed …

ADA/RA Apply to Jails and Give Deaf Right to TDD

Article • November 15, 1998 • from PLN November, 1998

Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Telephones, Telephone Access, Qualified Immunity

ADA/RA Apply to Jails and Give Deaf Right to TDD by The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., (ADA) and Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794, (RA) apply to jails and require that deaf prisoners be given access to alternate assistance in …

Phone Profits 'Benefit' Jail Detainees

Article • October 15, 1998 • from PLN October, 1998

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

Phone Profits 'Benefit' Jail Detainees by The Stanislaus County (CA) Jail has a contract with Correctional Communication Corp., a private telephone company that caters to the Prison-Industrial Complex, to provide phone service to the jail's 1,100 captive consumers. There are more than 100 phones in the county's jails. More than …

NJ Prisoners Refuse to Swallow PINs

Article • August 15, 1998 • from PLN August, 1998

Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates

NJ Prisoners Refuse to Swallow PINs by Approximately two years ago, the entire NJ prison system switched to an "automated call" phone system. Despite a predicted hike in costs to family and friends of prisoners, very few prisoners objected in a short-lasting boycott. On September 15, 1997, the prison population …

MCI Refund to Florida Prisoner Families

Article • August 15, 1998 • from PLN August, 1998

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

MCI Refund to Florida Prisoner Families by Friends and family of Florida prisoners may be entitled to $190,000 worth of free telephone calls under a recommendation issued by the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC). Between February and July 1996, as previously reported in several PLN articles, telephone giant MCI overcharged …