October 21 2015Electronic monitoring is touted as a potential solution to the problem of mass incarceration. Not only would it decrease prison and jail populations, but it’s also cheaper on a per-person basis, saving states money, and would put individuals back in their communities and with their families. But a new report cautions against the Read more
Join the Media Action Grassroots Network for our amazing victory! Tomorrow, October 22nd, 2015 the Federal Communications Commission will vote for the comprehensive reform of a broken prison and jail telephone industry. The FCC is voting to cap the rates for all calls from prison, jails and detention centers; ban most fees; and pave the Read more
We are on the verge of an amazing victory. This Thursday, October 22, the Federal Communications Commission will vote for the comprehensive reform of a broken prison and jail telephone industry. The FCC is voting to cap the rates for all calls from prison, jails and detention centers; ban most fees; and pave the way Read more
The following letter was sent Senator Cory Booker and 14 Senators lauding the FCC for capping prison phone charges. Signers are Booker, Sanders, Leahy, Durbin, Blumenthal, Markey, Casey, Heinrich, Brown, Franken, Coons, Whitehouse, Wyden, Menendez, and Peters. Download the letter or read below. October 15, 2015 The Honorable Thomas Wheeler Chairman Federal Communications Commission 445 Read more
This article is reposted with permission from Equal Future and was written by Logan Koepke Yesterday, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit breathed new life into a lawsuit that challenges the New York Police Department (NYPD)’s dragnet surveillance of Muslim communities after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Whatever may happen in court, Read more
This blog is reposed from the Voices for Racial Justice website and written by their Youth Organizing Director, Gabriella Anaïs Deal-Márquez. This summer, Voices for Racial Justice conducted our first ever organizing training for youth. The Youth Cultural Organizing Training (YCOT) embedded cultural strategy into an organizing intensive with an explicit race lens for 10 Read more
On October 13th 2015, CMJ Director Malkia Cyril gave a lunch keynote address at the Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference. The original speech transcript is below. Thank you. I am honored to be here. I am honored to represent those who, too often, aren’t called to this table, aren’t heard in these halls. I’m Read more
The Media Action Grassroots Network is in Washington D.C. this week leading 9 member delegation of MAG-Net members who have flown in from all over the country for the #RightToConnect Delegation. We have a packed 2 days starting with our Congressional Briefing at noon EST Tuesday October 6th, to educate Congressional leaders on the important Read more
Today the Federal Communications Commission announced its proposed rules to make phone calls from correctional and detention facilities more affordable by capping rates and eliminating expensive fees. Members of the Media Action Grassroots Network, made up of nearly 200 organizations across the country, applaud the move as a huge step to address exorbitant call costs Read more
As the fight for prison phone rates heat up, take some time to learn a little more. Download the Fact Sheet here: Prison Phone Fact Sheet