12-031 ICSolutions -Stil Ewith PCS Until ICS Is Implimented

Lawmakers on both coasts of the U.S. sponsored legislation in January 2024 to make telecommunications free to state prisoners and their families. This follows a national trend to ease the financial burden on families with incarcerated loved ones and reduce the associated risk of reoffending for those who can’t afford ...

Los Angeles County Makes Jail Phone Calls Free

Loaded on June 1, 2024 published in Prison Legal News June, 2024, page 19

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates. Location: California.

On December 1, 2023, phone calls became free for detainees and prisoners in Los Angeles County jails. The county’s Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 on November 22, 2023, to amend the existing phone service contract with ViaPath Technologies—formerly Global Tel*Link (GTL)—to shift the cost of calls from the county’s approximately ...

Fourth Circuit Reinstates HRDC’s RICO Claim Against Securus and ViaPath

Loaded on May 1, 2024 published in Prison Legal News May, 2024, page 32

Filed under: RICO, Telephone Rates, Civil RICO, HRDC Litigation, Securus, Global Tel*Link Corp. Locations: Maryland, United States of America.

On June 4, 2023, a request for a rehearing en banc before the entire U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit was denied in a suit accusing prison telecom providers Securus Technologies and Global Tel*Link (GTL)—now known as ViaPath Technologies—of illegal price-fixing. That left to stand the Court’s earlier ...

“Third Time Is Not the Charm” For Texas Jailers Barred by PLRA from Enforcing Prior Settlement Agreement Against Prisoner in New Suit

Loaded on May 1, 2024 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News May, 2024, page 38

Filed under: Jail Specific, PLRA, Settlements, Attorney Calls, Civil Settlement - Effect of, Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), Wiretaps/Wiretap Evidence. Location: Texas.

by Matt Clarke

On January 12, 2024, the federal court for the Western District of Texas refused a motion by Williamson County Correctional Facility (WCCF) officials, which argued for dismissal of claims by former detainee Rodney A. Hurdsman, 55, that jailers recorded his privileged calls with his attorney and shared ...