August 9, 2013, Elizabeth, New
Jersey
The Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) has finally decided to vote on a resolution after 10-years to
stop phone companies such as Global Tel Link (GTL) from overcharging attorneys
and inmates and their families for phone service from county and state
prisons. For years this company and
others have been paying the prisons with kickbacks and other incentives for the
privilege to rip off inmates who need to communicate with their criminal
defense attorneys.
By way of example a
one-hour phone call can cost over $60.00, and collect calls even higher. These phone companies have a captive audience
and take full advantage of that fact. It
is cheaper for my clients to call Asia from the
Union County Jail than to call my office six blocks away from the jail in Elizabeth.
Today the FCC will vote to
cap these exorbitant fees and hopefully they will do more to monitor these
companies from ripping off criminal defense attorneys, inmates and their
families.
Thank you for acting FCC
commissioner Mignon Clyburn for finally taking action to help protect our most
vulnerable are incarcerated citizens.
“If you want peace work
for justice.” Pope John Paul, I
Law Office of Vincent J.
Sanzone, Jr.
P.O.
Box 261
277
North Broad Street
Elizabeth (Union County) New
Jersey 07207
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354-7706
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