Posts Tagged ‘Prison Phone Providers’
Prison Phone Battles Wage On
By Christopher Zoukis There’s a storm brewing in the prison-industrial complex. It’s been simmering for decades, but a lawsuit was recently launched by inmates and families in Virginia against Global Tel*Link (GTL) sees it set to boil over, as inmates and their families have grown tired of paying the price for the wages of a…
Read MoreInvestigation Into Prison Phone Companies
By Christopher Zoukis Prison Legal News is engaging in an investigation concerning deceptive practices by prison phone companies. We at the Prison Law Blog encourage you to submit documentation to Prison Legal News if you have been a victim of such practices. The Prison Legal News notice is as follows: HRDC and PLN are gathering…
Read MoreSEC Rejects CCA, GEO Group Shareholder Resolutions to Reduce Prison Phone Rates
On February 18, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) granted a request filed by for-profit prison company GEO Group to exclude a shareholder resolution that sought to reduce the high cost of phone calls made by prisoners at GEO-operated facilities. Ten days later, the SEC granted a request by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA)…
Read MoreFCC Regulations On Exorbitant Prison Phone Rates Ineffective: Prison Phone Providers Still Cashing In
The families of the more than two million men, women, and children behind bars in America found something to cheer about earlier this year when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) set new caps on interstate rates for telephone calls from prisoners, an effort spearheaded by Prison Legal News‘s tireless advocacy. Whereas contract providers like Global…
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