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

Chris Ritzo chris.ritzo at gmail.com
Fri Feb 10 08:39:11 CST 2012 

I'll look at that option this weekend.

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Danielle Chynoweth <chyn at ojctech.com>wrote:

> 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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