Appendix to Reference Materials
Statutes
47 U.S. Code Section 276 (in relevant part)
Petitions
Wright Petition for Rulemaking (Wright 2nd Petition)
Petitioners Revised Rulemaking Proposal
Comments
American Bar Association
Ad Hoc Coalition on the Right to Communicate
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Ad Hoc Coalition's 4 December 2008 Ex Parte Presentation
CURE (Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants)
The Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, Office of Public Defender,
Bennett H. Brummer – Ex Parte Presentation (17 November 2008)
National Association of State Utilities Consumer Advocates (21 Jan 2009)
Hamden 29 October 2008 Ex Parte Proposal
North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services
Prison Legal News Comments
RBOC Payphone Coalition (Initial Comments)
T-Netix, Inc.
Hamden Ex Parte Presentation (8 Feb 2009)
National Legal Aid and Defenders Association (6 Mar 2009)
Hamden Ex Parte Presentation (8 Mar 2009)
Ex Parte Comment of Executive Director
National Commission on Safety & Abuse in America's Prison
(Vera Institute of Justice)
Resolutions, Policy, Regulations, and Standards
American Bar Association Prisoner Telephone Policy
American Correctional Association Policy & Standards
Federal Bureau of Prisons Regulations
National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates
National Sheriffs' Association Resolution
Legislative Initiative
H.R. 1133 The “Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2009,” introduced by Rep. Bobby L. Rush, IL on 23 February 2009 to require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe rules regulating inmate telephone service rates. A hearing was held on 11 June 2009 by the Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
H.R. 555 (To Require FCC to Regulate Prison Phones, 2008)
H.R. 4466 (Same; 2007)
American Bar Association Letter of Support
Testimony
CURE (Charles Sullivan, Director, re: Prison Phones)
Other Resources
CURE Campaign to Promote Equitable Telephone Charges
