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Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Washington Racks Up More Than $98 Million in Fines for Failure to Timely Hold Competency Hearings by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett In 2018, the State of Washington reached a settlement to reform its forensic health system. [See: PLN, Aug. 2017, p.22; May 2019, p.54.] As part of the settlement, …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Mississippi Demands $1.9 Million From MTC For Short-Staffing Private State Prison by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On November 14, 2022, Mississippi State Auditor Shad White submitted a civil demand for payment of $1.9 million to Utah-based private prison operator Management and Training Corporation (MTC) for violating its contractual …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Idaho Joins Missouri in Banning Incarceration for Inability To Pay Court Fines, Fees by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins It is no secret that in most prisons, poverty is the characteristic most often shared by prisoners. Some countries are trying to reduce crime by reducing poverty. But in many American …
Article • August 18, 2022
California Court Tells State Prisoner His $12 Monthly Pay Is Enough to Pay Court-Ordered Fines and Fees by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On January 11, 2022, the California Court of Appeals rejected the plea of a state prisoner who argued he was charged $3,210 in fines and fees without …
Publication • 2022
Filed under: Ability to Pay
Fines and Fees Justice Center-End Fees, Discharge Debt, Fairly Fund Government, Jan 2022 End Fees, Discharge Debt, Fairly Fund Government FFJC Policy Guidance for Eliminating Criminal Legal System Fees and Discharging Debt BY: FINES AND FEES JUSTICE CENTER PUBLISHED: JANUARY 2022 Table of Contents Introduction 2 The History of Fees …
Publication • 2022
Dreams-Deferred-Florida-Juvenile-Fees-Report-2022 FFJC Table of Contents I. Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…… 3 II. Key Findings …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….….. 4 III. How Juvenile Fees and Court Costs Pile Up……………………………………………………….…… 6 IV. Fees Harm Youth, Families, and the Community……………………………………………….……. 7 V. Juvenile Fee Revenue is Not Worth the Cost…………………………………………………….…….. 10 VI. Organizations that Oppose Fees on Youth……………………………………………………….………. …
Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022
Hawaii Supreme Court Orders New Parole Hearing for Prisoner Held Since 1979 by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Over 42 years after he was sentenced to Life with Possibility of Parole (LWPP), a pro se Hawaii prisoner took a step closer to the promise contained in his sentence on October …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
‘They Know No Bounds’: Suffolk County New York Prosecutors Sent to Prison by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The former District Attorney of Suffolk County, New York, Thomas Spota, and his former top assistant, Christopher McPartland, appeared before a sentencing judge in a federal courtroom on August 10, 2021. But …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Delaware Mother Jailed for Not Paying $177 in Fines, Dies in Custody, Nurse Convicted by Jayson Hawkins Tiffany Reeves, a mother of three, was arrested in October 2018 on two outstanding warrants and detained at the Sussex Correctional Institution, an all-male facility, to await hearings before two judges. One of …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
CFPB Hits JPay with $6 Million in Fines and Restitution Over Fee-Heavy “Debit Release Cards” by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In an order and settlement agreement released on October 19, 2021, by the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), prison financial giant JPay, LLC agreed to pay $6 million …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
NYC Department of Corrections Continued Noncompliance to Consent Decree and Spending Nearly Half A Million Dollars Per Prisoner in 2020 by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Agency Watch List published by the New York City Office of the Comptroller listed the NYC Department of Corrections …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Judge Slaps Arizona With $1.1 Million Fine Over Prison Health Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A federal district court fined the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADOC) $1.1 million for failing to meet performance measures (PM) in a 2015 Stipulation Settlement from a class-action lawsuit. The court’s February …
Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
Filed under: Prison Labor, COVID-19, Fines
California Prison Factories Fined For Exposing Unwitting Workers to COVID-19 by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA) was cited on March 1, 2021, by the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) and fined $24,300 for “serious” violations stemming from a June 2020 exposure …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Florida Spent $1.7 Million, and Counting, to Impede Felon Voting Rights by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Florida’s legal battle to defend a 2019 law that requires felons to pay all “legal financial obligations” (LFOs) to be eligible to vote has cost taxpayers over $1.7 million, according to state …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Eleventh Circuit Reinstates Pay-To-Vote for Florida Felons Who Completed Sentences by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a 6-4 en banc ruling, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that Florida can bar ex-felons from voting until they pay all court fines, fees, and restitution — even if they …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Fines
Can Kentucky Keep Charging Prisoners for Their Jail Stay if They Are Found Not Guilty? by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Kentucky State law allows county jails to charge prisoners a daily fee during their stay while fighting their case. But what happens when the person is found not guilty …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Florida’s “Pay-to-Vote” System Struck Down by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Florida federal district court declared portions of Florida’s felon voting system unconstitutional. It issued injunctive relief that orders a new process put in place for indigent persons who owe financial obligations as part of a criminal sentence. …
Publication • June 1, 2019
Paid in Full- A Plan to End Money Injustice in New Orleans, Vera Institute of Justice, 2019 Paid in Full: A Plan to End Money Injustice in New Orleans Jon Wool, Alison Shih, and Melody Chang June 2019 The following organizations endorse this report and its recommendations: ADL South Central …
Publication • April 1, 2018
Filed under: Fines, Ability to Pay
Penalty Assement Funds, California State Auditor, 2018 April 2018 Penalty Assessment Funds California’s Traffic Penalties and Fees Provide Inconsistent Funding for State and County Programs and Have a Significant Financial Impact on Drivers Report 2017-126 COMMITMENT INTEGRITY LEADERSHIP CALIFORNIA STATE AUDITOR 621 Capitol Mall, Suite 1200 | Sacramento | CA …
Brief • June 16, 2017
Watlington v. City of McCrory, AK, Amended Complaint, Trailer-Banishment Ordinance, 2017 Case 2:17-cv-00002-DPM Document 25 Filed 06/16/17 Page 1 of 20 THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS EASTERN DIVISION ____________________________________ ) DAVID WATLINGTON and LINDSEY ) HOLLAWAY, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) Case No. 2:17-cv-2-DPM …
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