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JPay Founder Ryan Shapiro Indicted for Securities Fraud
by Kevin Bliss
On January 6, 2022, Ryan Shapiro, the 44-year-old founder of prison financial services firm JPay, was charged in federal court in Boston with conspiracy to commit securities fraud. Also named in the criminal complaint was Shapiro’s friend and neighbor in Florida, hedge fund manager Kris Bortnovsky, 40. ...
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More from this issue:
- Wellpath Founder and CEO Pleads Guilty to Federal Bribery Charges, by David Reutter
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- JPay Founder Ryan Shapiro Indicted for Securities Fraud, by Kevin Bliss
- Guards Not Vaxxing Across the U.S., by Jo Ellen Nott
- Virginia DOC Terminates Contract with Armor Correctional Healthcare, by Ashleigh Dye
- “The Worst Prison in New York State”, by Victoria Law
- $500,000 Default Judgment for Tennessee Woman Sexually Assaulted by Probation Officer, by David Reutter
- HRDC Wins Appeal in Florida Public Records Request Case Against Armor Correctional Health Services
- Settlement Reached to Protect Hawaii Prisoners from COVID-19, by David Reutter
- Show Me the Money: Tracking the Companies that Have a Lock on Sending Funds to Incarcerated People, by Tiana Herring, Stephen Raher
- BOP Greenlights Sex Reassignment Surgery for Federal Prisoner in Texas, by Matthew Clarke
- Department of Justice Reports on Two Decades of Prisoner Suicides, by Matthew Clarke
- Fifth Circuit Reinstates Guard’s Lawsuit Claiming Other Guards Raped Her in Texas Prison
- Michigan Prisons Ordered to Provide Jewish Prisoners Meat and Dairy on Sabbath and Holidays; Sixth Circuit Affirms, by David Reutter
- Michigan DOC Agrees to Expand Recognition of Religious Groups After DOJ Investigation
- Former Florida Prison Guard Sentenced for Conspiracy to Assault Youthful Offenders
- Federal Court Hears that Mental Healthcare in Louisiana Prison is “Almost Non-existent”, by Matthew Clarke
- Federal Judge Finds Alabama DOC Mental Health Care Horrendous, Orders: Start Hiring, by Jo Ellen Nott
- Tenth Circuit: Mentally Ill Prisoners Have No Clearly Established Right to Be Kept Out of Solitary Confinement, by Jacob Barrett
- $40,251 Default Judgment for Detainee in Malicious Prosecution by Georgia Police Officer
- Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Alleging Inadequate COVID-19 Response at Maryland Jail, by David Reutter
- California Court of Appeal Holds Prisoner May Challenge Administrative Disciplinary Violation Already Served, by Matthew Clarke
- “Abject Cruelty”: California Jail Guards Sentenced for Coordinating Prisoner Excrement Fights
- Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois Prisoner’s Suit Over ‘Orange Crush’ Shakedown, by David Reutter
- Dallas County Prisoner Trust Fund Bilked of $700,000 With Faked Debit Release Cards by Jail Employee
- Oregon Prisoners Face Off in Guards’ Legal Fight Over COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate
- All Writs Act Provides Authority for Medical-Imaging Transport Order for Condemned Ohio Prisoner Challenging His Conviction; Certiorari Granted, by David Reutter
- Justice Department Releases Ten-Year Recidivism Study, by Matthew Clarke
- Oregon Federal Court Sides with HRDC, Denies Motion to Compel Arbitration by “NUMI” Stored Value Cards, by Jacob Barrett
- Sixth Circuit Holds Subjective Prong of Deliberate Indifference Test Inapplicable to Pretrial Detainee’s Claims; Reinstates Lawsuit, by Matthew Clarke
- After Sixth Death in Six Years, Virginia Jail Cuts Ties with Corizon Health, by Keith Sanders, Jayson Hawkins
- $638,250 Judgment Against Georgia Jail Guard Who Orchestrated Prisoner’s Beating, by Harold Hempstead
- Federal Judge Sanctions Former Arizona DOC Director’s Foot-Dragging Attorneys in Pro Se Prisoner’s Suit, by Matthew Clarke
- $21,525 Awarded by Federal Court to Indiana Prisoner Subjected to Battery by Guard, by David Reutter
- Third Circuit: Retroactive Application of Amended New Jersey Parole Guidelines May Violate Ex Post Facto Clause, by Douglas Ankney
- Corrections Special Applications Unit Builds a Lucrative National Track Record of Abuse and Torture, by J.D. Schmidt
- Massachusetts DOC Fires COVID-19 Mitigation Ombudsman Over Previous Allegations of Document Falsification
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- Second Circuit Affirms $600,000 Punitive Damage Award to New York Prisoner Brutally Beaten by Guards, Sept. 15, 2023
- Maryland Sheriff Charged with Illegally Procuring Machine Guns from ATF, Sept. 15, 2023
- Voting Rights Restoration for Virginia Ex-Felons Once Again Subject to Governor’s Whim, Sept. 15, 2023
- Prison Profiteer Who Chairs Christian Seminary Board Called Not Very ‘Christlike’, Aug. 15, 2023
- Menstruation Weaponized Against Women in Prison, Aug. 15, 2023
- Idaho Revives Firing Squads, Aug. 15, 2023
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- Securus Wipes Out Months of Washington Prisoners’ Writing—Again, July 1, 2024. JPay, Inc., Electronic Tablets, Securus.
- Florida Prisons Playing “Whack-a-Mole” With Jailbroken Tablets, June 1, 2024. JPay, Inc., Electronic Tablets.
- Missouri Expands Prison Mail Ban to Include Books Sent by Family, Friends, April 1, 2024. JPay, Inc., Publications/Books, Banned Book Lists, Prison Mail, Securus.
- How “Big Capital” Learned to Love Mass Incarceration, Jan. 1, 2024. Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Corizon, JPay, Inc., Centurion, Commentary/Reviews, Lobbying, Securus.
- JPay Denied Motion to Compel Arbitration in Suit Over Debit Release Cards, Oct. 15, 2023. JPay, Inc., Seizure of Prisoner Funds, HRDC Litigation.
- Insider Trading Charges Dropped Against JPay Founder, Sept. 15, 2023. JPay, Inc., Contractor Misconduct, Insider Trading.
- Show Me the Money: Tracking the Companies that Have a Lock on Sending Funds to Incarcerated People, March 1, 2022. Private Prisons, JPay, Inc., Private Contractors, Private Phone Contractors, Global Tel*Link Corp.
- CFPB Hits JPay with $6 Million in Fines and Restitution Over Fee-Heavy “Debit Release Cards”, Nov. 1, 2021. JPay, Inc., Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Fines.
- HRDC Case Sues JPay Over Fee-Heavy “Release Card” Debit Cards, Oct. 1, 2021. JPay, Inc., Seizure of Prisoner Funds, PLN Litigation.