How do I contact Scott

[marineswife12]

:)Hey, I am new to this board and I really would like to talk with Scott. Does anyone want to help me find him?

Thank You
Tiffany

[pumpkinpie]

Here is his address
Scott Peterson
V72100 San Quentin State Prison
San Quentin, CA 94974

[marineswife12]

Is he ever on line anywhere?!

[happyhaddock]

marineswife12 said:

Is he ever on line anywhere?!

No, never.

[alexsandra]

Is it possible to call him???

[happyhaddock]

alexsandra said:

Is it possible to call him???

Not as far as I know. You may be able to write him and be added to the people he can call. Be aware the calls are made collect and fees may be high.

Right now, long-distance collect calls from pay phones in state-run prisons cost about 50 cents per minute, on top of an automatic $3 surcharge for each call.

See
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/06/14/MN53919.DTL
and
newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/4036
and
www.sentencingproject.org/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsID=340

OTHER FEES

Prisoners' families say that besides high rates and surcharges, they are hit with other unfair fees. Among their complaints:

-- Calls often are disconnected after a minute or two, forcing the inmate to redial and pay an additional $3 surcharge.

A bill from one inmate's wife who lives in Gardena but did not want to be identified shows two dropped calls in one weekend. By the time the couple finally completed their 15-minute call, the cost was more than $16.

Hicks said MCI has heard similar complaints and said it may be caused by technical glitches.

``We go out to the prisons and do hear that complaint every now and then,'' Hicks said. ``We try to isolate where that problem is coming from.'' He also said some calls may be cut off by prison personnel, who are allowed to monitor calls and end them if the conversation broaches a topic deemed illegal.

-- Some are charged for calls that last longer than the 15-minute time limit imposed by the Department of Corrections.

Lara Johnson, whose husband is incarcerated at Sacramento state prison, was billed last year by MCI for a 113-minute call she says she never received. She was eventually given a $12 refund for the call.

-- Charges for calls from prison sometimes exceed the published rates.

James Nunn, whose son is in Calipatria State Prison in Southern California, was billed $7.42 by MCI for a seven-minute call to his home in Tucson, Ariz. Minus the $3 surcharge, that comes out to 63 cents per minute -- 13 cents more per minute than what MCI says it charges.

Rick Jackson lives in Reno, and his wife is in Chowchilla State Prison. His MCI bill shows a 15-minute call that cost $11.10. Without the $3 surcharge, that breaks down to 54 cents per minute, 4 cents over MCI's published rate.

MCI and GTE say they do not charge more than their stated rates. ``There's a capped rate to make sure no one goes off the chart, and we follow that,'' said Hicks of MCI.

He also said the company could charge as much as 55 cents a minute, but stays below that.

CHEAPER TO MOVE

Allison Walters, whose husband was in Calipatria State Prison, has bills that show the huge difference between a collect call from prison versus a calling-card call.

A six-minute calling-card call placed from a pay phone outside Calipatria prison to Walters' home in Hemet cost $1.08. A six-minute collect call made from her husband to the same number cost $3.92.

When her husband was transferred to Folsom State Prison, Walters packed up her things and moved 472 miles from Hemet to Sacramento so she could be close enough to talk to him in person.

``This has caused so much hardship for me and my husband,'' said Walters. He's the one who's in prison, but I'm the one being punished by having to pay these bills and then move myself up here. That shouldn't be.''