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Due Process Requires Notice Prior to Court-Ordered Deduction from Prisoners’ Accounts
Due Process Requires Notice Prior to Court-Ordered Deduction from Prisoners’ Accounts
by David Reutter
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held on August 14, 2014 that prison officials must provide due process before seizing funds from prisoners’ institutional accounts to satisfy fines, restitution and other costs assessed at sentencing.
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