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California Class Action Lawsuit Targets Unauthorized Prison Phone Charges

Loaded on July 15, 2004 published in Prison Legal News July, 2004, page 26
Filed under: Class Certification, Telephones, Telephone Rates, Attorney Calls. Location: California.
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. Evercom Systems, Inc., Alameda County (California) Superior Court Case No. ...

 

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