Protect Friends & Families of Incarcerated Individuals From Monopolizing PrePaid Phone Companies (Evercom, Correctional Billing) Unfair Deceptive Business Practices
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This is a petition to stop the monopolizing of phone company access to families and friends of jail and prison inmates and the unfair business practices of companies such as (for example and in particular) Evercom or also known as Correctional Billing (http://www.correctionalbilling.com) or T-Netix Collect Calls, owned by TZ Holdings, Inc.
These companies deceptively force the consumers into using their services for inmate calls by placing a block on the phone and only removing it upon payment of outrageous amounts in advance in order to talk to your loved ones who are in jail/prison. This petition is to demand that the innocent friends/family members who want to talk to people they love who are in jail/prison, can choose their phone carriers and not be blocked from phone access when they pay the bill as they are supposed to, and they should not be forced to use the services of one company alone without option, deceptively made to sign up by being billed through their phone companies without any prior understanding, agreement, contract, or explanation to the consumer, and over-charged an enormous amount of money that far exceeds the normal prices of telephone calls.
This petition is to demand a change in these practices, and regulation passed to protect the innocent friends and family members of incarcerated individuals.
These companies deceptively force the consumers into using their services for inmate calls by placing a block on the phone and only removing it upon payment of outrageous amounts in advance in order to talk to your loved ones who are in jail/prison. This petition is to demand that the innocent friends/family members who want to talk to people they love who are in jail/prison, can choose their phone carriers and not be blocked from phone access when they pay the bill as they are supposed to, and they should not be forced to use the services of one company alone without option, deceptively made to sign up by being billed through their phone companies without any prior understanding, agreement, contract, or explanation to the consumer, and over-charged an enormous amount of money that far exceeds the normal prices of telephone calls.
This petition is to demand a change in these practices, and regulation passed to protect the innocent friends and family members of incarcerated individuals.
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Goal
394 signatures
Goal: 100
Latest Signatures
19 January 2016
394.
Colleen L
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/Suggestion/Your Experience
Paid Evercom, got confirmation number & yet the calls were still blocked & is paid current.
12 January 2016
393.
Darlene S
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/Suggestion/Your Experience
Terrible the phones never work right and when they do they charge way to much.
State of Loved Ones Incarceration?
Nv
address, zip code
89702
12 January 2016
392.
Jennifer L
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/Suggestion/Your Experience
If I am prepaying, why should the rates be so high.
State of Loved Ones Incarceration?
Illinois
9 January 2016
391.
Nichole S
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/Suggestion/Your Experience
this company is a rip,even though you prepay with an $8.00 extra fee they still send you a bill saying you go over your minutes how? you have to prepay to talk!!!!!!!!!!
State of Loved Ones Incarceration?
michigan
31 December 2015
14 December 2015
12 December 2015
388.
Stacy S
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/Suggestion/Your Experience
why does the family to the incarcerated get charged so much to just talk to a loved one It is crazy that we can't hvae normal rates and they say we're in the land of the free
State of Loved Ones Incarceration?
indiana
address,
9 December 2015
387.
Rebecca B
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/Suggestion/Your Experience
Like everyone else, exorbitant prices poor customer service
State of Loved Ones Incarceration?
Indiana
address, zip code
6862 N Keystone Avenue
5 December 2015
26 November 2015
385.
Mary S
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/Suggestion/Your Experience
the rates are the mist terrible i have ever seen
State of Loved Ones Incarceration?
ky
address, zip code
40150
21 November 2015
13 November 2015
9 November 2015
382.
Rose Keller
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/Suggestion/Your Experience
I have paid over $10.00/call plus $26.00per month in fees for a prepaid account that shuts off if there is a balance of less than $10.00, no customer service - the phone hangs up when you select that option, sometimes it doesn'
20 October 2015
381.
Mary F
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/Suggestion/Your Experience
the phone bills are way to high
State of Loved Ones Incarceration?
new hampshire
address, zip code
04039
19 October 2015
380.
Cathy J
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/Suggestion/Your Experience
Inmates need to have contact with their family
State of Loved Ones Incarceration?
Oregon
address, zip code
97301
6 October 2015
379.
Stacy Yu
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/Suggestion/Your Experience
The connection fee is ridiculous and minutes the phone hangs up every 10 min so they are getting there money
State of Loved Ones Incarceration?
Illinois
2 October 2015
378.
Melva Ah
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/Suggestion/Your Experience
still trying to recover losses from gtl
State of Loved Ones Incarceration?
alabama
27 September 2015
377.
Olivia S
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/Suggestion/Your Experience
THEY OVER CHARGEFOR PHONE CALLS EVEN WHENYOU LOOSE SIGNAL
State of Loved Ones Incarceration?
ORLEANS PARISH
address, zip code
70115
9 September 2015
6 September 2015
3 September 2015
2 September 2015
373.
Sandra Nielsen
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/Suggestion/Your Experience
I've been on hold for ever with this company and have spent over $120 for only 8 calls. They are a total rip-off. Have your love ones buy phone cards instead.
State of Loved Ones Incarceration?
Colorado
30 August 2015
22 August 2015
371.
Nancy Ge
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/Suggestion/Your Experience
There is no accountability with correctional billing!
State of Loved Ones Incarceration?
MD
18 August 2015
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