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State Utility Regulatory Agency Proceedings on Inmate Telephone Service Rates

MAINE

Maine Public Utilities Commission Inmate Case -
08-01-2008

VIRGINIA

Report of Virginia State Corporations Commission to Governor and General Assembly on Rates Charged to Recipients of Inmate Long Distance Calls, Va. State Corp. Com'n. (2001).

MCI argued that a Virginia statute exempts state prison contracts for telephone service from the rate regulation jurisdiction of the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC). [There is no comparable exclusion of PSC jurisdiction over state contracts for telephone service in New York]. The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) 9/26/200 orderrejected that argument, finding that the inmate phone service rates paid by customers who receive inmate calls are subject to rate regulation by the SCC.

Virginia SCC Reconsideration order requiring MCI to file a rate case setting out its actual cost of service. 01-23-2002

Virginia Supreme Court Order vacating SCC inmate phone order for lack of agency jurisdiction. 02-28-2003

SCC Order complying with Virginia Supreme Court order, March 12, 2003, dismissing complaint against prison phone rates

NEW YORK

New York Court of Appeals Decision - 02-20-2007

Appellate Division Decision Affirming Dismissal of Walton v. DOCS
01-19-2006

PSC Order Denying PULP Petition for Rehearing - 01-14-2005

Comments of the Department of Corrections In Opposition To Rehearing Petition - 12-02-2003

PULPメs Petition For Rehearing - 11-26-2003

PSC Order Approving Jurisdictional Portion of Rate - 10-30-2003

Center for Constitutional Rights Petition (without Exhibits)To Commence Proceeding and Stay Proposed Tariff Filing of MCI WorldCom to Change Maximum Security Rate Plan - 09-05-2003

PULPメs Comments on Proposed MCI Rates for Calls Received from Prison Inmates - 09-10-2003

PSC Notice Inviting Comments by September 10, 2002 on Proposed MCI Rates for Calls Received from Prison Inmates - 08-28-2003
       Revised MCI Tariff For Inmate Calls From NYS
      Prisons - 09-05-2003

Proposed New York Inmate Phone Rates To Be Effective August 1, 2003 - 08-05-2003

Appellate Division Decision Affirming Dismissal of Bullard v. State
07-31-2003

MCI Tariff For Inmate Calls From New York State Prisons - 10-21-02

MCI Tariff for Inmate Calls from New York State Prisons - 10-20-01

New York PSC Order Approving MCI-Docs Contract for Inmate Phone Service- 12-17-98