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WA 35% Seizure Statute Ruled on by Ninth Circuit

By Paul Wright

The court of appeals for the Ninth circuit upheld the constitutionality of a Washington state statute that allows the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) to seize 35% of all money sent to prisoners from sources outside the prison. Faced with a very limited challenge to the statute's ...

 

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