Category: Dispatches
First Amend This! An IDOC Newsletter, May ’23
Previous: First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Apr. ’23 Welcome to the May edition of First Amend This! This publication provides an insider look at issues affecting the Idaho Department of Correction community. If you wish to assist this effort, share the link, copy and paste, or print and send this issue to another. Loved … Continue reading “First Amend This! An IDOC Newsletter, May ’23”
IMSI Cancels Hugs From Loved Ones Indefinitely
DATE: April 10, 2023 To: IMSI A-Block Resident Population From: Warden Richardson RE: CCGP Contact Visiting Suspension IMSI Close Custody General Population, Effective today, April 10th, 2023, IMSI is suspending contact visiting privileges for the Close Custody General Population (CCGP). This comes as a hard decision but action must be taken immediately to ensure the … Continue reading “IMSI Cancels Hugs From Loved Ones Indefinitely”
First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Apr. ’23
Previous: First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Mar. ’23 Welcome to the April issue of First Amend This! This publication provides an insider look at issues affecting the Idaho Department of Correction community. If you wish to assist this effort, share the link, copy and paste, or print and send this issue to another. Loved … Continue reading “First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Apr. ’23”
Re: IMSI A-Block Lockdown (3.17.23)
From an informative conversation with a loved one over JPay… I don’t know what the problem is because it happened on another unit, and I’ve now been locked down for four days. All I know is that our staff don’t want to discuss it, and that by itself indicates that it’s something bad. Someone will … Continue reading “Re: IMSI A-Block Lockdown (3.17.23)”
First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Mar. ’23
Previous:First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Feb. ’23 Welcome to the March edition of First Amend This! This publication provides an insider look at issues affecting the Idaho Department of Correction community. If you wish to assist this effort, share the link, copy and paste, or print and send this issue to another. Loved ones … Continue reading “First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Mar. ’23”
The Human Rights Defense Center Is Now Organizing Plaintiffs for Class Action Lawsuits Against Prison Service Providers
[The information shared in this post is presented without incentive. As a faithful reader of Prison Legal News, I pay for my subscription and aspire to be of service.] In response to the number of individuals who have landed on bookofirving82431.com after searching for information related to class action lawsuits against JPay, I have transcribed … Continue reading “The Human Rights Defense Center Is Now Organizing Plaintiffs for Class Action Lawsuits Against Prison Service Providers”
First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Feb. ’23
Previous: First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Jan. ’23 Welcome to the February issue of First Amend This! This publication provides an insider look at issues affecting the Idaho Department of Correction community. If you wish to assist this effort, share the link, copy and paste, or print and send this issue to another. Loved ones … Continue reading “First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Feb. ’23”
Patrick Irving Sits With Employees of JPay, Showcases How the Company Sh*ts On Its Consumers (Round 2)
(Round 1 report) [This interview has been edited for length and clarity.] Patrick: By responding to the following communication, you, the responder(s), hereby acknowledge as a representative of JPay, Securus, and/or all peripheral/parent companies that this exchange will be published in a series investigating the abusive practices of your employer(s), and that by choosing to … Continue reading “Patrick Irving Sits With Employees of JPay, Showcases How the Company Sh*ts On Its Consumers (Round 2)”
First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Jan. ’23
Previous: First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Dec. ’22 Welcome to the January edition of First Amend This! This publication provides an insider look at issues affecting the Idaho Department of Correction community. If you wish to assist this effort, share the link, copy and paste, or print and send this issue to another. Loved … Continue reading “First Amend This!: An IDOC Newsletter, Jan. ’23”
Mile Marker 11222023: My First Writing Workshop!
As a proud member of the Prison Journalism Project (PJP), I am elated to announce myself as one of a handful of PJP writers selected to participate in an unprecedented, advanced nonfiction writing workshop led by Bill Keller and co-instructed by Shaheen Pasha. Bill Keller worked at The New York Times for 30 years as … Continue reading “Mile Marker 11222023: My First Writing Workshop!”