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Kansas Disciplinary Restitution Orders Authorized
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2001, page 24
The Kansas Court of Appeals affirmed a district court judgment, reducing the amount of restitution assessed against two prisoners for disciplinary rule violations, from $1,956.75 to $1,104.68 per prisoner. In doing so, the court concluded that the Department of Corrections has the authority to impose reasonable restitution as a disciplinary ...
Filed under:
Sanctions (Disciplinary Hearings),
Escapes,
Civil Procedure,
State Law Claims,
Restitution.
Location:
Kansas.
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