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After Winning $15,000 Settlement, California Trans Prisoner Forces CDCR to Replace Missing Trust Account Deposits

Loaded on Dec. 1, 2023 by Douglas Ankney published in Prison Legal News December, 2023, page 52
Filed under: Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Grievances, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Transgender. Location: California.

by Douglas Ankney

On May 24, 2023, the Court of Appeal of California, Sixth Appellate District, issued a mandate commanding the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to restore over $2,600 to the trust account of state prisoner Mona Salcida Murillo.

She received three money orders in 2021 for ...

 

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