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California Prisoner-Pay Deductions for Aiding Crime Victims Distributed to Victim Organizations
Loaded on May 15, 2009
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2009, page 44
California Prisoner-Pay Deductions for Aiding Crime Victims Distributed to Victim Organizations
In December 2008, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR) Prison Industry Authority distributed $131,343 collected from prisoner workers’ pay to twelve crime victims organizations. The money, amounting to 20% of the net wages earned in Joint Venture ...
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