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Two lawsuits filed by a civil rights group allege that county jails in Michigan banned in-person visits with a view to maximize income from voice and video calls as a part of a “quid professional quo kickback scheme” with jail cellphone corporations.
Civil Rights Corps filed the lawsuits on March 15 in opposition to the county governments, two county sheriffs, and two jail cellphone corporations. The fits filed in county courts search class-action standing on behalf of individuals unable to go to members of the family detained within the native jails, together with youngsters who’ve been unable to go to their dad and mom.
Defendants in a single lawsuit embody St. Clair County Sheriff Mat King, jail cellphone firm Securus Applied sciences, and Securus proprietor Platinum Fairness. Within the different lawsuit, defendants embody Genesee County Sheriff Christopher Swanson and jail cellphone firm ViaPath Applied sciences. ViaPath was previously known as World Tel*Hyperlink Company (GTL), and the lawsuit primarily refers back to the firm as GTL.
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