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Article • February 3, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Union Supply Overcharges Sales Tax on Holiday Packages for TN Prisoners by Once a year, the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) allows prisoners and their family members to order special holiday packages, consisting mainly of snacks, candy and other food items. The holiday packages can include items totaling up to …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Filed under: Bail, Bail Bonds
The Slow, Painful Death of Bail in New York City by Jarrett Murphy by Jarrett Murphy, City Limits In September 2015, New York’s chief judge said he would order the review of all bails imposed in low-level cases where a defendant did not pay, and push courts to consider alternatives …
Brief • January 21, 2016
Lipford v. City of Chicago, IL, Amended Complaint, Illegal Police Search, 2016 Case: 1:15-cv-06988 Document #: 45 Filed: 01/21/16 Page 1 of 8 PageID #:172 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION MICHAEL LIPFORD, Plaintiff, v. 15 CV 6988 CITY OF CHICAGO, G. …
Article • January 12, 2016
Filed under: Overcrowding, Booking Fees
Overcrowds Its Jail with People Who Can't Pay Court Fines and Fees by Joe Watson A recent analysis by the Tulsa World found that the percentage of bookings into the Tulsa, Oklahoma, County Jail involving warrants for failure to pay court fines and fees has more than tripled since 2004, …
Article • January 12, 2016
Filed under: Booking Fees
Ohio ACLU Study Shows Pay-to-Stay Programs Don't Generate Much Revenue by Matthew Clarke A report released by the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio (ACLU) in June 2013 shows that the pay-to-stay fees charged by Ohio jails do not generate much revenue and damage indigent prisoners and their families. It …
Article • January 11, 2016
Georgia Debtor Prison Challenged by Cellphone video of a judge threatening to jail indigent defendants in Bowdon, Georgia, for failure to pay fines and fees prompted a policy change.  Yet, so called “debtors prisons” are still a problem in the state. While in court to contest citations, including one for …
Brief • January 8, 2016
JPay v. Kobel, FL, Def. Notice of Removal - Arbitration Demand re Unlawful Conduct - Money Transfer (2016) Case 1:16-cv-20121-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 01/08/2016 Page 1 of 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION JPAY, INC., A Delaware Corporation, …
Article • January 7, 2016
Filed under: Commissary
Audit Criticizes Financial Management of Nassau County Jail Commissary by Derek Gilna An audit performed by the Nassau County, New York Comptroller’s Office, following the standards of the New York State Commission of Corrections, or NYSCOC, and pursuant to state law, has criticized the financial management of the county’s jail …
Article • January 7, 2016
Filed under: Bail Bonds, Immigration
ICE Forced to Modify Bond Practices in Immigration Court Proceedings by Derek Gilna Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been enjoined by a federal district court in Seattle, Washington from summarily denying personal recognizance bonds in certain detention proceedings as a result of a class action filed by Maria Sandra …
Colorado Court Finds Book Limitation Policy Violates Prisoner’s Religious Rights, but Case Reversed on Appeal by David Reutter A federal district court held that a Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) policy which limits prisoners in administrative segregation to having no more than two personal books at a time violates the …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Utah Judge Orders Jail to Stop Seizing Prisoners’ Money for Pay-to-Stay Fees by Matthew Clarke Utah Judge Orders Jail to Stop Seizing Prisoners’ Money for Pay-to-Stay Fees by Matt Clarke On April 9, 2014, Utah District Judge Michael G. Allphin signed a standing order for all criminal cases in which …
Article • December 3, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Michigan: Former Prisoners Must Repay Lawsuit Cash Advance Company by David Reutter Michigan: Former Prisoners Must Repay Lawsuit Cash Advance Company by David Reutter The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district court’s ruling that required eight former prisoners to repay a company that purchased a contingent portion …
Article • November 16, 2015
Ninth Circuit Holds for Plaintiffs on Interest of Damages Award by Ninth Circuit Holds for Plaintiffs on Interest of Damages Award The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held in July 2013 for the plaintiffs, Charles and Rita Barnard, in their appeal of the district court’s decision …
Article • November 13, 2015
Filed under: JPay, Inc., Trust Accounts
State Prison Systems Privatizing Prisoner Accounts for Commissions by State Prison Systems Privatizing Prisoner Accounts for Commissions by David M. Reutter Three state prison systems have relinquished control of their prisoner trust accounts to a private company. The contracts provide for fees on deposits and “commissions” on each transaction for …
Article • November 6, 2015
Court Rules National Geographic and Naturist Catalogue Pictures Not Child Pornography by Court Rules National Geographic and Naturist Catalogue Pictures Not Child Pornography John Rex is a prisoner at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk. On August 31, 2011, after a search of Rex's cell, guards found an envelope containing …
Wyoming Lifers Required to Maintain Savings Account by Wyoming Lifers Required to Maintain Savings Account The Wyoming Supreme Court has held that prisoners serving life sentences must still maintain mandatory savings accounts even though they have "little hope of ever leaving the prison system." In 1992, Kenneth Dale Nicodemus pled …
Article • November 6, 2015
Illinois Sues Prisoner for Cost of Incarceration by Illinois Sues Prisoner for Cost of Incarceration In February 2013, the state of Illinois sued a prisoner to recover the cost of keeping him locked up for 15 months. The suit was filed after the state learned that the prisoner received an …
Brief • November 4, 2015
Smith v. State of Illinois, IL, Opinion, shakedown loss of inmate property, 2015 IN THE COUIRT OF CLAIMS OFTHE I FILED STATE OF ILLINOIS COURT Of CUMMS NOV 0 4 Z015 MATTHEW SMITH. #B-86629 S^taiyotSttttMd Ex-Oifielo QwkCwrt of CliInB Claimant, Case No. 15-CC-0807 V. STATE OF ILLINOIS, V Respondent. ) …
Article • November 3, 2015
Filed under: Restitution
No Oregon Restitution for Victim Losses Before Date of Crime by No Oregon Restitution for Victim Losses Before Date of Crime On September 10, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals held that a criminal defendant could not be assessed restitution for losses occurring before the crime he was convicted of. …
Article • November 2, 2015
No Oregon Constitutional Right to “Full” Victim Restitution; Contributory Negligence May Limit Restitution Award by Mark Wilson No Oregon Constitutional Right to “Full” Victim Restitution; Contributory Negligence May Limit Restitution Award by Mark Wilson On October 3, 2013, the Oregon Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s refusal to grant a …
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