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PLN Readers Flood the FCC with Letters; Campaign Fights for Prison Phone Justice
In June 2012, Prison Legal News began running a full-page flyer for the Campaign for Prison Phone Justice, asking people to get involved and take action. Within weeks, letters from PLN readers began flooding the Federal Communications Commission, urging the FCC to cap the high costs of interstate prison phone ...
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More from this issue:
- Bailing on Justice: The Dysfunctional System of Using Money to Buy Pretrial Freedom, by Tracy Velázquez
- Guantanamo Detainees Cost $800,000 Annually
- $15,700 Plus Boombox to Settle California Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Liberty for Sale: Should Ohio Prisoners be Commodities in a For-Profit Venture?, by German Lopez
- PLN Readers Flood the FCC with Letters; Campaign Fights for Prison Phone Justice, by Mel Motel
- The Other Death Sentence: More than 100,000 Americans are destined to spend their final years in prison. Can we afford it?, by James Ridgeway
- Private Prison Companies Use Political Influence to Increase Incarceration, by Matthew Clarke
- California Prison Psychologist Faked Her Own Rape
- $60,411 Attorney Fee Award in Maryland Prisoner’s Public Information Act Suit
- Hawaii AG Study Confirms Ineffectiveness of Mainland Private Prisons, by Joe Watson
- Florida Jail Abandons Postcard-Only Mail Policy, Pays Prisoners’ Attorney Fees
- Prisoner’s Coma-Inducing Latex Allergy Triggers Lawsuit, Burning Questions, by Alan Prendergast
- State Auditor Finds Flaws in Texas Criminal Justice Information System, by Matthew Clarke
- California Settles Suit with Prison Guards’ Union for $3.5 Million, Interest-Free
- $20,000 Settlement in Arkansas Jail Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Suit
- Seventh Circuit Upholds Injunction Against Wisconsin Transgender Prisoner Treatment Ban
- New York City Pays $2 Million to Settle Suit Over Death of Juvenile Killed by Other Prisoners Acting as Guards’ Enforcers
- $2,500 Settlement in Illinois Prisoner’s Telephone Disconnect Suit – After Nine Years
- Pennsylvania Guards Charged with Physical, Sexual Abuse of Prisoners
- Pennsylvania Jail Major Pleads Guilty to Beating Prisoner After Escape Attempt
- BOP Supermax Lawsuit Claims Horrific Abuse of Mentally Ill at ADX, by Alan Prendergast
- Vietnam Pardons 10,244 Prisoners but Few Dissidents, by Derek Gilna
- Nebraska Refuses to Return Execution Drug to Swiss Company
- Iowa Reconsidering Costs, Benefits of Sex Offender Supervision Law, by Joe Watson
- Los Angeles Jail Pays $161,000 Settlement for Juvenile Injured Due to Negligent Supervision
- News in Brief
More from Mel Motel:
- Prisoners Respond to Call for Prison Phone Justice; SCI-Huntingdon Delivers!, July 15, 2013
- Louisiana Public Service Commission Postpones Prison Phone Reforms, April 15, 2013
- Reintroducing the Private Prison Information Act: An Interview, Feb. 15, 2013
- Louisiana Public Service Commission Votes to Lower Prison and Jail Phone Rates, Jan. 15, 2013
- Cook County, Illinois Lowers Jail Phone Rates, Jan. 15, 2013
- Organizations Submit Letters to FCC Urging Action on Prison Phone Rates, Dec. 15, 2012
- PLN Readers Flood the FCC with Letters; Campaign Fights for Prison Phone Justice, Nov. 15, 2012
- "Strong Families, Safe Communities" Sends Clear Message for Phone Justice, Oct. 15, 2012
- The Trials of Eroy Brown: The Murder Case that Shook the Texas Prison System, by Michael Berryhill (University of Texas Press, 2011). 244 pages, $29.95, April 15, 2012
- From the Bottom of the Heap: The Autobiography of Black Panther Robert Hillary King, Oakland, CA: PM Press (2009) $24.95 hardback, 217 pages, Sept. 15, 2009
More from these topics:
- Pay-for-Play Tablets: The Costly New Prison Paradigm, March 1, 2025. Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Electronic Tablets, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Telephone Rates, Tapes/Music, Securus, Global Tel*Link Corp.
- California Prisoner Allegedly Ran Alaska Drug Ring from His Cell, Feb. 15, 2025. Organizing, Prison Gangs, Drug Laws/Offenses.
- First Circuit Rejects Request by Securus and Pay Tel to Stay FCC Prison Phone Rate Caps, Jan. 15, 2025. Telephone Rates, Private Phone Contractors, Securus.
- Securus/JPay Video Calling Service Potentially Threatened by New Rate Caps, Jan. 15, 2025. JPay, Inc., Telephone Rates, Video Visitation, Securus.
- Eighth Circuit Asked to Block New FCC Rules Capping Prison Phone Rates and Eliminating Ancillary Fees and Kickbacks, Nov. 15, 2024. Telephone Rates, Federal Funds.
- FCC Slashes Prison and Jail Phone Rates, Caps Video Call Cost, Eliminates “Site Commission” Kickbacks, Oct. 15, 2024. Telephone Rates, Video Visitation, Federal Funds, Private Phone Contractors, Securus, Global Tel*Link Corp.
- Washington, Virginia Advance Bills to Make Prison Calls Free, July 1, 2024. Telephone Rates.
- Los Angeles County Makes Jail Phone Calls Free, June 1, 2024. Telephones, Telephone Rates.
- Fourth Circuit Reinstates HRDC’s RICO Claim Against Securus and ViaPath, May 1, 2024. RICO, Telephone Rates, Civil RICO, HRDC Litigation, Securus, Global Tel*Link Corp.
- Massachusetts Makes Calls Free From Prisons and Jails, May 1, 2024. Telephone Rates.