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

Fri Feb 10 12:12:44 CST 2012

cool - thanks chris! this is great and very appreciated. we have tons of
good content on this old site that i reference all the time. - d

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Chris Ritzo <chris.ritzo at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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