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Iowa Supreme Court: Hearing Required Before Prisoner Funds Seized
Loaded on April 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
April, 1996, page 7
The Iowa state supreme court has held that prisoners must be afforded a hearing before prison officials seize funds sent to the prisoner from outside sources in order to pay court ordered restitution. In 1982 Jerry Ashburn was convicted of robbery and escape. He was released on parole in 1989 …
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