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Wisconsin Lacks Authority Over Funds of Out-of-State Prisoners
Loaded on May 15, 2003
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2003, page 32
A federal court in Wisconsin held that the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (WDOC) lacks the authority to divert the funds of an out-of-state prisoner into a release account, or to cause the receiving state to do so.
Filed under:
Classification,
Out of State Transfers,
Appeals,
Filing Fees,
Habeas Corpus,
Seizure of Prisoner Funds.
Location:
Wisconsin.
In 1998, Wisconsin prisoner Anthony Doty was transferred out-of-state to a private prison ...
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