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Article • March 15, 1993 • from PLN March, 1993
Oregon Wants Prisoners to Pay for Incarceration by The Oregon DOC has introduced a bill into the Oregon Legislature that would allow the state to charge prisoners for their costs, which include transportation, room, board, clothing, security, medical and other living expenses. According to the DOC, the average cost of …
Article • March 15, 1993 • from PLN March, 1993
Congress OKs Fed Cons to Pay Cost of Prison by Congress has approved legislation allowing the Federal Bureau of Prisons to collect "user fees" from federal inmates equal to the costs of a year's incarceration. The Justice Department, which sought the legislation, estimated that about 9 percent of the 30,000 …
Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
Son of Sam Law Struck Down by New York's "Son of Sam" law provided that those accused or convicted of a crime could not profit from such a crime by writing a book describing the offense. If such a book was written, the proceeds of same were to be given …
Article • March 15, 1992 • from PLN March, 1992
Unsuccessful Litigant Can Be Obligated to Pay Defendant's Cost by Unsuccessful Litigant Can Be Obligated To Pay Defendant's Costs Three Michigan state prisoners filed suit and were granted permission by the district court to proceed in forma pauperis, without the prepayment of fees or court costs. The case was dismissed …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
Prisoners Get Squeezed by G D The massive New York state budget crisis is starting to hit the prisons. Governor Cuomo, like other politicians, plans to squeeze pennies from those who have nothing, while leaving the fat cats sacrosanct. The main cuts are slated for Medicaid and schools. Also they …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
Prisoners Are Entitled to Recovery For Underpayment of Wages by Mark Cook Prisoners Are Entitled To Recovery For Underpayment Of Wages By Mark Cook, Leavenworth, Kansas There are over one Million prisoners in the United States, yet we are not counted as part of the US statistical labor force. It …
Article • May 15, 1991 • from PLN May, 1991
DOC "Taxes" Oklahoma Prisoners by Jeff Lea By Jeff Lea This year state lawmakers determined that Oklahoma taxpayers were paying too much state sales tax and would continue to do so in the future. Accordingly, they passed a bill allowing the tax agency to refund $20.00 this year and $40.00 …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Prison Cells, Only $30 a Night! by Prison Cells, Only $30 A Night! Although the government spends over $30 billion per year on the prison system, some states have laws giving counties the authority to charge prisoners for the privilege of being locked up and deprived of their civil rights …
Article • September 15, 1990 • from PLN September, 1990
Highway Robbery by Paul Wright By Paul Wright On April 18, 1990, Chase Riveland, Secretary of the DOC, signed DOC Policy 270.070 "Legal Financial Obligations (LFO) Program in Prisons. Effective immediately. The main purpose of this policy is so that the counties, via the DOC, can collect fines, restitution, court …
Prison Banking Prison Banking Draft VanCleave PRISON BANKING Abstract People in prison have no choice but to use the banking systems that prisons operate. Rather than use any outside bank account or have family or friends meet their daily needs directly, people in prison must rely on what are often …
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