An attorney with the DeKalb public defender’s office has sued a telecommunications firm that provides prison inmate calling services throughout the state, claiming the company routinely defrauds inmates, their families and their attorneys by draining accounts of funds that were intended to pay for inmates’ calls.
The suit, filed April 3 on behalf of criminal defense lawyer Benson Githieya, contends that Global Tel Link, which markets itself as GTL, converts calling accounts set up by families, friends or lawyers of inmates to “inactive” status if customers do not receive an inmate call within a 90-day period. The company then, without notice, drains the accounts of any unused funds, the suit claims.
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