[UCIMC-Tech] [MADCoList] MJF Report: "Criminal Charges: Excessive PrisonPhone Rates Take a Toll on Innocent Families"

Fri Feb 10 08:31:49 CST 2012

thanks chris!  i was able to update the links from my original email and
can send out to MAGNet. We are about to be voted as an  anchor member next
week. Maybe we could just add a google search to the site and avoid
rebuilding search?
- danielle

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 7:25 AM, Chris Ritzo <chris.ritzo at gmail.com> 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>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>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
>>>
>>> Not easy, but worth doing. -C
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Danielle Chynoweth <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>
>>>> 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>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> 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>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>
>>>>> *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
>>>>> 202-295-0136 (o)
>>>>> 202-255-3215 (m)
>>>>> 202-521-4047 (f)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  *From:* Hye-Jung Park [mailto:hyejung.park at fex.org<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
>>>>>
>>>>> Fax (212) 982-9272
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Email: hyejung.park at fex.org
>>>>>
>>>>> Web site: www.fex.org/mjf
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