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BOP IFRP Program Upheld
The court of appeals for the Second circuit upheld the constitutionality of the BOP's Inmate Financial Responsibility Program for collecting financial debts, restitution and fines from federal prisoners through an escalating series of coercive acts. Case arose in New York. See: Johnpoll v. Thornburgh, 898 F.2d 849 (2nd Cir. 1990).
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