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Seizure of Washington Prisoners’ Cash at Jail Booking Unconstitutional

Seizure of Washington Prisoners' Cash at Jail Booking Unconstitutional

by Michael Rigby

On August 29, 2006, a, federal district court in Washington held that a state law allowing jails to confiscate money from prisoners during booking without notice or a hearing was unconstitutional.

In May 2003 the Washington legislature amended ...

 

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