Articles & Reports
2007
Spitzer Ends Charge on Inmate Collect Calls - Newsday - 04-15-2007
Spitzer’s call the right one - Newsday -
01-15-2007
Court To Hear Challenge To Costly Calls From Prison - New York Sun - 01-08-2007
Spitzer Orders Sharp Cuts in Cost of Prisoner Phone Calls - NY Times- 01-09-2007
Spitzer: Inmate Calls Will Cost Families Less: Court of Appeals Will Hear Argument Today about Excessive Charges - Times Union -
01-09-2007
Court To Hear Challenge To Costly Calls From Prison - New York Sun - 01-08-2007
2006
The Bankrupt-Your-Family Calling Plan -NY Times Editorial, December 22, 2006
Families Boycotting State Prison Phone Service - Legislative Gazette - 02-13-2006
High cost of phoning home unfair to prisoners, families New York must change collect call system - Rochester Democrat & Chronicle Editorial - 01-30-2006
Calling from Prison - the Senate Moves to Join the Assembly in Ending an Unfair, Monopoly Arrangement - Times Union Editorial- 01-11-2006
2005
Inmates' families pay hefty sums to stay in touch-
Poughkeepsie Journal - 9-20-2005
Gouging the Families of Prisoners - The Gazette -
8-21-2005
Is There a Winning Argument Against Excessive Rates for Collect Calls From Prisoners?, 25 Cardozo L.Rev. 1469 (2004).
Prisoners' Families Seek Lower-Cost Phone Calls - Ithaca Journal - 8-17-2005
2004
Inmate advocates want changes to prison-phone plan - Plattsburg Press Republican - 10-15-2004
A Phone Venture: Calling All Prisoners - NY Times - 09-05-2004
Inmate phone call costs attacked anew - OPA Capital News Bureau - 03-22-04
Jail Profits, Prisoners and Their Families Pay - East Hampton Independent - 12-18-03
Inmates' Families Call For Help - The Oklahoman- 10-19-03
1-800 Cash Cow - Metroland - 09-25-2003
Inmate Relatives Criticize New Call Fees - Times Union - 08-25-2003
U.S. Proposes Banning MCI From Seeking Federal Work - 08-01-2003
NY DOCS Press Release on Inmate Phone Service Policies - 07-31-2003
NASUCA Prison Inmate Phone Issue Summary - 6-17-02
When is a Collect Call Cruel and Unusual Punishment -
Georgia Testimony - 6-17-02
NY DOCS Press Release on Inmate Phone Rate Changes - 07-31-2003
Crime Pays. . . the phone company and the state. how inmate calls raise millions for Gray Davis' budget - LA Weekly - 06-22-2001
County Dialing Into Jail Profits, Albany County Hopes To Generate Revenue From High Rates Inmates Pay To Use Jail's Phones - 03-13-2000
When Johnny Calls Home, From Prison - 12-06-99
Remembering Human Rights Day - 12-05-99
New York State Earns Top Dollar From Collect Calls by Its Inmates - 11-30-99
Senators Urge End to Fees on Prison Calls / Critics Say Phone Policy Gouges Inmate Families San Francisco Chronicle; 8/17/99
Do phone rates gouge prisoners?- 06-15-99
Heavy Toll on Calls From Prison / Inmates' Families Accuse State, Phone Companies Of Price-Gouging San Francisco Chronicle; 6-14-99
Lucrative Telephone Contracts Hold Prison Callers Captive; Inmate Advocates Say Deals Are Financially Exploitative - 10-19-98
Prison Pay Phones Gouging Inmates on Calls, Critics Assert - 10-14-98
Phone Firm Wrestle for Prisoners' Business in Hot Growth Market - Wall St. Journal - 2-15-95
Inmates Dropping Dimes in a Brave New World of Lasers - 9-29-93
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