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Ohio Jail's Pay-for-Stay Program Unconstitutional, Partial Summary Judgment Granted
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2003
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2003, page 20
Ohio Jail's Pay-for-Stay Program Unconstitutional,
Filed under:
Civil Procedure,
Standing,
Class Certification,
Seizure of Prisoner Funds,
Municipal Liability.
Location:
Ohio.
Partial Summary Judgment Granted
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio has awarded partial summary judgment to a former pretrial detainee in a case involving seizure of the detainee's funds by the Hamilton County Justice Center (HCJC) in a program called Pay-for-Stay. …
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