[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 11:39:33 CST 2012 

Hey folks.
I've added a basic custom google search to the top of the page. The sitemap
currently only indexes the top level html files, so once I get a little
more time, I'll generate a sitemap that includes the many sub-directories
and files.

Chris

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Chris Ritzo <chris.ritzo at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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