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BOP Eases Money Grab from Federal Prisoners by On December 17, 2024, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) issued a proposed rule change to its Inmate Financial Responsibility Program (IFRP), outlining how much of a federal prisoner’s trust account may be garnished to satisfy restitution and other court-ordered payments. The …
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
“Locked In, Priced Out”: Markups and Kickbacks in Prison Commissaries by Drawing from a research database of commissary pricing and markups culled from 26 state prison systems, a report published by The Appeal on April 17, 2024, found commissary prices “up to five times higher than in the community,” with …
Details Vague on Spending from San Diego Jail Detainee Welfare Fund by The commissary operated in San Diego County jails collected enough revenue from detainee purchases to pump up the balance in its Incarcerated Persons’ Welfare Fund (IPWF) to $11.1 million by June 30, 2024. But the office of Sheriff …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Pro-Navalny Hackers Breach Russian Prison Computers, Lower Commissary Prices by Hours after Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny died in prison on February 16, 2024, anti-­government hackers took revenge, breaching information systems of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) and posting personal data of some 800,000 prisoners online. Prices at prison …
Arizona Sheriff Accused of Misusing Detainee Funds to Buy Guns, Ammo by Since Mark Lamb became Sheriff of Arizona’s Pinal County in 2017, at least $217,000 from a jail commissary fund intended for the benefit of detainees has been diverted to buy weaponry and ammunition, in apparent violation of state …
Commissary and Food Service Privatization Strands Florida Prisoners in ‘Food Desert’ by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Much has been made of the “food desert” where America’s poorest citizens live: inner-city ghettos and rural backwaters where no grocery store is found, forcing impoverished residents—most lacking a car—to shop for …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Filed under: Commissary, Federal Funds
Cuyahoga County Sheriff Stripped of Jail Commissary Control After $500,000 in Inventory Goes Missing by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Ohio’s Cuyahoga County Council took control of the county jail commissary on March 28, 2023, after a watchdog found over $500,000 worth of items were missing. The investigation also …
Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023
Florida Returning Canteen Funds for Prisoner Programming by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead Pickleball is one of America’s fastestgrowing sports. Played with a paddle and a large plastic ball on an outdoor court, the game offers the speed of ping pong with less risk of an ankle injury than tennis, …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Seventh Circuit Revives Indiana Prisoner’s Claim He Was Wrongfully Fired From Prison Commissary for Attending Religious Service by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 2, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed dismissal of an Indiana prisoner’s claim that he was wrongfully terminated from …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Filed under: Commissary
New Policy Banning Care Packages Makes Life Harder for N.Y. Prisoners by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins To justify rules making life difficult for prisoners, officials often point to contraband — even when facts point in another direction. That was the case when the New York Department of Corrections and …
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
Indiana Supreme Court Denies Relief to Prisoner Whose Commissary Account Was Garnished by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian On May 19, 2021, the Court of Appeals of Indiana refused to dismiss a lower court’s ruling against a state prisoner whose prison account was garnished by the state Department of …
Brief • June 2, 2021
Reichert v. Keefe Commissary Network, WA, Order Denying Defendants' Motion to Compel, Prepaid Debit Cards, 2021 Case 3:17-cv-05848-BHS Document 147 Filed 06/02/21 Page 1 of 18 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 6 7 8 9 JEFFREY REICHERT and GARY MOYER, …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: Commissary, Telephone Rates
San Francisco Eliminates Fees on Jail Phone Calls by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson We are never again going to take a commission or make money off of products and services provided to incarcerated people and their support networks, their families,” declared Anne Stuhldreher, director of the San Francisco Treasurer’s …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: Commissary, Religious Diet
Jewish Michigan Prisoners Win Injunction for Religious Sabbath and Holiday Meals by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On January 30, 2020, a Michigan federal district court found the state Department of Corrections (MDOC) “places a substantial burden” on Jewish prisoners’ “religious beliefs by mandating a vegan diet for inmates …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Commissary
Coronavirus Shuts Down Ramen Soup Plant; Prisoners in Michigan Limited on Purchase Amounts by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In any Michigan prison right now, trading a package of ramen soup for just about anything else might be a deal nobody will make. That’s because the COVID-19 pandemic caused by …
Brief • July 11, 2019
Disability Rights Washington v. Inslee, et al., WA, settlement, prisoners with mental illness on lockdown, 2019 1 2 3 4 5 Timothy Lang, WSBA #21314 Haley Beach, WSBA #44731 Cassie vanRoojen, WSBA #44049 Assistant Attorneys General Corrections Division PO Box 40116 Olympia, WA 98504 (360) 586-1445 6 7 8 9 …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Florida Fleeces Prisoners with High Canteen Prices by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has expanded the use of private contractors in the state’s prison system. With an annual budget of about $2.4 billion, the FDOC is increasingly shifting the burden of those …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Cell Phones Sold in Commissary at South Carolina Jail by Scott Grammer by Scott Grammer There is a surprising item for sale in the commissary at the Union County Jail in South Carolina: cell phones. The $100 phones can be used to text and make calls between the hours of …
Publication • May 1, 2019
Louisiana Legislative Auditor - Prison Enterprises - Evaluation of Operations, Department of Public Safety and Corrections, 2019 PRISON ENTERPRISES EVALUATION OF OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS PERFORMANCE AUDIT SERVICES ISSUED MAY 1, 2019 LOUISIANA LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR 1600 NORTH THIRD STREET POST OFFICE BOX 94397 BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70804-9397 …
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