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Brief • April 28, 2017
O'Donnell v. Harris County, TX, Opinion, Harris County Bail System, 2017 Case 4:16-cv-01414 Document 302 Filed in TXSD on 04/28/17 Page 1 of 193 United States District Court Southern District of Texas ENTERED IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION MARANDA LYNN ODONNELL, …
Brief • April 19, 2017
Davis v. State of Ohio, OH, Settlement, Wrongful Incarceration, 2017 -... ' . IN THE OHIO COURT OF CLAIMS FRANK C. DAVIS Plaintiff Case No. 2016-00251-WI Judge Patrick M. McGrath Magistrate Holly T. Shaver v. STATE OF OHIO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS Defendant l. This Settlement Agreement …
Publication • April 12, 2017
JPay Requet for Offer (RFO) C5607126-D for Lock Box and Debit Card Services, April 2017 • Stay connected. A Securus Technologies Company Cover Letter April 12, 2017 Jonathan Goff California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 1900 Birkmont Dr. Rancho Cordova, CA 95742 Re: Request for Offer (RFO) C5607126-D for Lock …
Publication • April 12, 2017
CDCR JPAY Lock Box and Debit Card Services Contract April 12, 2017 Jonathan Goff California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 1900 Birkmont Dr. Rancho Cordova, CA 95742 Re: Request for Offer (RFO) C5607126-D for Lock Box and Debit Card Services Dear Mr. Goff, JPay is pleased to submit this proposal …
Article • April 3, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
ACLU Exposes Debtors’ Prisons Across New Hampshire by Joe Watson by Joe Watson In a September 2015 report, the ACLU of New Hampshire revealed that judges across the state were jailing impoverished defendants due to their inability to pay fines, a practice the ACLU-NH called “unconstitutional, financially unsound and cruel.” …
Article • April 3, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
Two Alabama State Court Judges Disciplined by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Almost 35 years after the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed “debtors’ prisons” – in which defendants are threatened with jail if they fail to pay fees and fines – courts continue to struggle to follow the ruling. The …
Article • April 3, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017
Work Release Programs Reduce Recidivism in Louisiana – At a Cost by The Louisiana Department of Corrections (LDOC) Transitional Work Program has been having a positive effect on reducing recidivism in Louisiana, though it has not been without its faults and criticisms. A recent audit of the program called for …
Article • March 31, 2017
Poverty, Incarceration, and Criminal Justice Debt by Lauren-Brooke Eisen and Jessica Eaglin by Lauren-Brooke Eisen and Jessica Eaglin, Talk Poverty In today’s economy, overwhelming debt is an unfortunate reality for millions of Americans.  From credit card debt to mortgage debt to student loan debt, Americans increasingly live off of borrowed money. …
Paying for Your Time: How Charging Inmates Fees Behind Bars May Violate the Excessive Fines Clause by Lauren-Brooke Eisen by Lauren-Brooke Eisen, Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law Introduction In 1846, the United States saw the birth of the first correctional fee law when Michigan enacted legislation authorizing counties to charge …
Article • March 28, 2017
Jon Burge, Torturer of Over 100 Black Men, Is Out of Prison After Less Than Four Years by Flint Taylor Chicago’s notorious former police commander is released from prison. A human rights lawyer representing police torture victims responds. by Flint Taylor, In These Times Today, former Chicago police commander Jon Burge, …
Article • March 28, 2017
Paying the Piper by David J. Krajicek by David J. Krajicek, The Crime Report Montgomery, Alabama’s City Court is a Debt-Collecting Machine Montgomery, Alabama--Anyone who wishes to enter Municipal Court in Alabama’s capital city must first be sanctioned by a court officer who scans your belongings, then polices your attire. “Tuck …
Article • March 24, 2017
Spokane County Settles Class-Action Suit Over Jailing; Those Unable to Pay Fines by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 19, 2014, a Washington State federal court signed off on the preliminary settlement of a class-action lawsuit brought against Spokane County for routinely jailing people with court-ordered fines or other …
Brief • March 20, 2017
Filed under: Money/Property
Wheat v. Craig, LA, Complaint, Debtors Prison, 2017 Case 5:17-cv-00424-SMH-MLH Document 1 Filed 03/20/17 Page 1 of 13 PageID #: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA SHREVEPORT DIVISION JAMES M. WHEAT and DANNY BRINSON, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Case No. 5:17-cv-424 …
Brief • March 20, 2017
Martinez v. Hain, IL, Settlement, Suspicionless Search & Seizure, 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE America Martinez, Rodolfo Tapia and Ismael Jaimes-Meza v. Sgt. Hain, et al., ND IL Case No. 16 CV 2237 This Settlement Agreement and General Release ("Agreement") is made by and between America Martinez, Rodolfo Tapia, …
Brief • March 17, 2017
Maynor v. Morgan County, AL, Def Response to Mot Contempt, Jail Food, 2017 FILED Case 5:01-cv-00851-AKK Document 136 Filed 03/17/17 Page 1 of 21 2017 Mar-17 PM 04:10 U.S. DISTRICT COURT N.D. OF ALABAMA IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHEASTERN DIVISION JOHNNY MAYNOR, …
Article • March 14, 2017
Convicted Oregon Teachers Collect $10.8 Million Annual Pensions at Taxpayer Expense by Oregon teachers who sexually abuse students or commit other felonies still receive sizeable pensions, at a cost to taxpayers of at least $10.8 million annually, according to Freedom Foundation Oregon, a "think and action tank promoting individual liberty, …
Article • March 14, 2017
Connecticut Supreme Court: Insanity Acquittee May Be Held in Prison on Bond by On November 3, 2015, the Supreme Court of Connecticut held that an insanity acquittee who was being held in a maximum-security psychiatric hospital could be held in prison if unable to pay the $100,000 bond set for …
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
New Jersey: Jail Time for Unpaid Littering Fine Results in Civil Suit by Anthony Kneisser flicked a cigarette butt out of his car window on the New Jersey Turnpike and found himself jailed when he appeared in court in 2014 for the littering offense, as he couldn’t pay the $200 …
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
The Financial Firm that Cornered the Market on Jails by Arun Gupta Thousands of arrestees a year are forced into get-out-of-jail-broke cards that are loaded up with deceptive fees. by Arun Gupta, The Nation A year and a half ago, after a grand jury declined to indict police officer Darren Wilson in …
Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017
Ohio: Garnishment from Exempt Funds in Prison Account States Mandamus Claim by The Ohio Supreme Court has reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s mandamus claims related to the garnishment of exempt funds in her prison account. Ohio state prisoner Agatha Martin Williams was sentenced to 102 months and …
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