[UCIMC-Tech] [MADCoList] MJF Report: "Criminal Charges: Excessive PrisonPhone Rates Take a Toll on Innocent Families"
Mike Lehman
rebelmike at earthlink.net
Fri Feb 10 08:13:47 CST 2012
Chris,
Outstanding! Something that I've been looking forward to for a long time.
This might be worth a brief story on the Local Newswire. I'm sure others
will be happy to have access back for the archives.
Mike
On 2/10/2012 7:25 AM, Chris Ritzo wrote:
> D-
> Just wanted to let you know that an html archive of the old site has
> been created at http://archive.ucimc.org
>
> I used a program that other IMCs in the past had used to convert
> dadaimc sites. It's worth noting that while content has been
> preserved, URLs may have changed due to the way the program indexes
> and because of the way I had to bring the site back.
>
> For example:
> http://archive.ucimc.org/newswire/display_any/26909
> http://archive.ucimc.org/127.0.0.1/newswire/display_any/26909/
>
> I'm working on creating a searchable index to add to the site (search
> forms on the current archive don't work) but until then I wanted to
> let you know that the content was up. If you need help finding links
> such as the ones you originally sent, let me know. We may also see if
> we can log incoming links to archive content and create aliases to the
> new locations as needed.
>
> Chris
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Danielle Chynoweth <chyn at ojctech.com
> <mailto:chyn at ojctech.com>> wrote:
>
> thank you chris - having these online archives is REALLY valuable.
> I use them all the time to showcase the work we have done. - D
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Chris Ritzo <chris.ritzo at gmail.com
> <mailto:chris.ritzo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> FYI.Still working on this and think I almost have the issue
> solved.
>
> First, JoshK needed to grab the last database & file backup.
> Because of security issues with the site, I've installed on my
> local machine.
> This morning I got logged into the old site and am going to
> (perhaps this evening)
> run a script that will convert the site to static html files.
> Then I'll need to confirm that
> the urls are correct & move it over to archive.ucimc.org
> <http://archive.ucimc.org>
>
> Not easy, but worth doing. -C
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Danielle Chynoweth
> <chyn at ojctech.com <mailto:chyn at ojctech.com>> wrote:
>
> is there as easy way to recover these files for public
> viewing? - d
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Danielle Chynoweth* <chyn at ojctech.com
> <mailto:chyn at ojctech.com>>
> Date: Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [MADCoList] MJF Report: "Criminal Charges:
> Excessive PrisonPhone Rates Take a Toll on Innocent Families"
> To: MADCoList <MADCoList at list.media-democracy.net
> <mailto:MADCoList at list.media-democracy.net>>
>
>
> For an example of how a local civil rights group animated
> indymedia to end price gouging phone contracts in the
> county jail, see this series of investigative stories and
> calls to action in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois:
>
> Administrator Fails to Bring Inmate Phone Contract to
> County Board - Jan 9, 2005
> http://archive.ucimc.org/newswire/display_any/23335
>
> Jail Phone Issue is Coming To a Head - Feb 22, 2005
> http://archive.ucimc.org/newswire/display_any/26746
>
> Jail Phone Victory! - Feb 24, 2005
> http://archive.ucimc.org/newswire/display_any/26909
>
> This series has launched a 5 year partnership between
> indymedia and several groups to do investigative, action
> oriented journalism to entact changes in our county
> criminal justice system, including:
>
> Banning tasers:
> http://archive.ucimc.org/newswire/display_any/16283
> http://archive.ucimc.org/newswire/display_any/16400
> http://archive.ucimc.org/newswire/display_any/16419
>
> Enacting a oversight board of the police
> http://archive.ucimc.org/newswire/display_any/127149
> http://www.ucimc.org/content/urbana-establishes-civilian-oversight-police
>
> Firing a sheriff for torturing jail inmates
> http://www.ucimc.org/content/continuance-sgt-myers-states-attorney-julia-rietz-dodges-community-pressure
> http://www.ucimc.org/content/sgt-myers-given-probation-torture-inmates-goes-unpunished-state's-attorney
> <http://www.ucimc.org/content/sgt-myers-given-probation-torture-inmates-goes-unpunished-state%27s-attorney>
>
> Winning the right for the public to videotape the police
> http://archive.ucimc.org/newswire/display_any/20086
> http://archive.ucimc.org/newswire/display_any/20523
>
> If you want to see the entire set of articles on each
> topic, searches on the site will bring up the full list.
>
> - Danielle
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Danielle Chynoweth
> Urbana IMC
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 12:09 AM,
> <malkia at centerformediajustice.org
> <mailto:malkia at centerformediajustice.org>> wrote:
>
> I'd like to echo the sentiment that this is a critical
> issue. The Center for Media Justice will absolutely be
> partnering with the Media Justice Fund and allied
> community organizing groups to take this issue on.
> This is a perfect example of how media policy issues
> that emerge from the social justice community can and
> should be prioritized. I'm excited to work on this!
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From*: pete tridish
> *Date*: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:59:47 -0400
> *To*: MADCoList<MADCoList at list.media-democracy.net
> <mailto:MADCoList at list.media-democracy.net>>
> *Subject*: Re: [MADCoList] MJF Report: "Criminal
> Charges: Excessive Prison Phone Rates Take a Toll on
> Innocent Families"
>
> yes, i just want to echo this-- i think it is really
> great that media justice fund has taken initiative to
> examine this issue. I've had a friend in prison
> during a time when i was unemployed and it was really
> tough to keep paying those extortionist phone bills,
> but really important that my friend retained some
> contact with people outside, to keep a shred of his
> humanity intact.
>
> while there has been a lot of work over the decades
> building relationships with civil rights groups and
> that is excellent, the prison reform movement is one
> of the most important segments of the social justice
> movements today and there has been much less
> connection there. One of my friends who worked with
> me on the first activist radio station we built, she
> went on to work as a community organizer and they won
> a campaign for the use of debit cards for phone calls
> with prisoners in rhode island.
>
> this issue really doesn't fit within the scope of
> prometheus' work at all, or our knowledge base, but i
> personally think it is important and next time i get a
> chance to buttonhole a commissioner, i will definitely
> say something about it. if someone starts campaigning
> on it, I'd like to know more.
>
> petri
>
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 29, 2009, at 6:15 PM, David Aylward (Comcare)
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for raising this issue, Hye-Jung. It is very
>> easy for most of us to be unaware or ignore problems
>> we do not encounter.
>>
>> I just finished reading Dr. Atul Gawande's superb
>> article in the New Yorker describing how the very
>> extensive use of solitary confinement in the US is
>> torture, with long standing, and often lifelong,
>> damage to the individuals who are subjected to it.
>> With the evidence he cites, I cannot believe we
>> still do it.
>>
>> But I also find it extraordinary that we have almost
>> a full one percent of our population behind bars at
>> enormous current and future cost to our society.
>>
>> Funding prisons (and phone companies) with a hidden
>> tax on incarceration is an outrage. Your study only
>> addressed the situation when calls are allowed, so
>> safety of outside communications is not an issue.
>>
>> When calling cards to Africa (and every other place)
>> are sold in every gas station for 5-7 cents per
>> minute, can you explain why these can't be mailed to
>> prisoners?
>>
>> David
>>
>> David Aylward
>> Director
>> COMCARE Emergency Response Alliance
>> 1351 Independence Court, SE
>> Washington, DC 20003
>>
>> daylward at comcare.org <mailto:daylward at comcare.org>
>> 202-295-0136 <tel:202-295-0136> (o)
>> 202-255-3215 <tel:202-255-3215> (m)
>> 202-521-4047 <tel:202-521-4047> (f)
>>
>> *From:*Hye-Jung Park [mailto:hyejung.park at fex.org]
>> *Sent:*Wednesday, April 29, 2009 2:57 PM
>> *To:*MADCoList
>> *Subject:*[MADCoList] MJF Report: "Criminal Charges:
>> Excessive Prison Phone Rates Take a Toll on Innocent
>> Families"
>>
>> Dear Friends and Allies,
>>
>> The Media Justice Fund of the Funding Exchange is
>> pleased to share an important report*"Criminal
>> Charges: Excessive Prison Phone Rates Take a Toll on
>> Innocent Families." *
>>
>> For the last two decades, one of the most widespread
>> human rights abuses confronting people imprisoned and
>> their families has been excessive telephone rates.
>> Journalist Noelle Hanrahan of Prison Radio states,
>> "Prison phones torture families." Imprisoned people
>> and their families have been either silenced by
>> unaffordable phone services or exploited by being
>> excessively charged.
>>
>> In this brief we give an overview of this issue, what
>> work has been done on it, and current recommendations
>> offered by advocates working in this area. We hope
>> this will help the reader to better understand the
>> Media Justice Movement, and to be a part of this
>> important struggle! We would like to thank Dharma
>> Dailey (MJF consultant) for putting a lot of time and
>> effort on completing this report and all of the
>> allies who have played important roles in helping us
>> to put together this valuable resource.
>>
>> Best,
>> Hye-Jung
>>
>> --
>> Hye-Jung Park
>> Program Officer for the Media Justice Fund
>> The Funding Exchange
>> 666 Broadway, Suite 500
>> New York, NY 10012
>> Tel.(212) 529-5356 ext.321 <tel:%28212%29%20529-5356%20ext.321>
>> Fax(212) 982-9272 <tel:%28212%29%20982-9272>
>> Email:hyejung.park at fex.org <mailto:hyejung.park at fex.org>
>> Web site:www.fex.org/mjf <http://www.fex.org/mjf>
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