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Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
$2.5 Million in Confiscated COVID-19 Relief Funds Returned to Arkansas Prisoners After Court Issues Injunction by David Reutter by David M. Reutter As of June 6, 2022, the Arkansas Department of Corrections (DOC) had returned $2,551,198 in confiscated federal relief or stimulus funds to state prisoners, according to Communications Director …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Prison Profiteer Is Using Sandra Bland’s Death to Sell Surveillance Technology by Brian Dolinar by Brian Dolinar Guardian RFID is a virtually unknown, but rapidly growing, company that sells digital technology to jails. It makes ID cards and bracelets that can be scanned by guards when doing head counts, meal …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
California Court Sides With Securus in Challenge to CDCR Contract, Dealing Only Temporary Setback to GTL by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On September 10, 2021, a California court set aside an award by the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) of a contract to Global Tel Link …
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 …
The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Prison Gaming and AR/VR Services by Cooper Quintin, Beryl Lipton by Cooper Quintin and Beryl Lipton This article was originally published by the Electronic Frontier Foundation on September 9, 2021. It is reprinted here, with permission. No matter how many rights are taken away from …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Federal Judge Allows Retroactive Benefit Reduction for Incarcerated Veteran by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On January 20, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) may make a post-incarceration decision to reduce benefits retroactively for a veteran imprisoned …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Florida and California Experiments Use Direct Cash Assistance to Newly Released Prisoners to Combat Recidivism by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson “Guaranteed income is a wayto recognize everyone’s inherent dignity,” declared an op-ed in Florida’s Gainesville Sun on November 5, 2021. Penned by Mayor Lauren Poe (D) and Kevin Scott, …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Federal Courts Order Seizure of Canteen Funds for Restitution Owed by High-Profile Prisoners by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter In two recent cases, federal courts have granted orders to seize funds from prisoners after sizable balances in their canteen accounts came to prosecutors’ attention. In federal court for …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
Eighth Circuit Pulls BOP’s Hand Out of Prisoner’s Pocket Accumulated Prison Wages Not “Substantial Resources” Under Mandatory Victim Restitution Act by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian In a decision published on January 10, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled that accumulated prison wages constitute …
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
Nevada Federal Court Denies Motion to Compel Arbitration by Rapid Financial Solutions in Debit Card Suit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 30, 2021, a federal district court in Nevada denied a motion to compel arbitration in a lawsuit alleging that forcing prison release debit cards upon …
Article • April 1, 2022 • from PLN April, 2022
CFPB Report: ‘Criminal Justice Financial Ecosystem Exploits Families at Every Stage’: Finds ‘Products and Services Rife with Burdensome Fees and Lack of Choice’ by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A report released on January 31, 2022, by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) shows the financial burden that falls …
Prison Telecom Giant GTL Agrees to $67 Million Settlement in Class-Action Over Inactive Account Seizure Policy by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Prison phone services provider Global*Tel Link (GTL) agreed to a settle a long-running class-action on December 20, 2021, with changes to company policies and up to $67 …
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
Oregon Federal Court Sides with HRDC, Denies Motion to Compel Arbitration by “NUMI” Stored Value Cards by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On December 6, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon denied a motion to compel arbitration by Stored Value Cards in a case filed by …
Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022
Dallas County Prisoner Trust Fund Bilked of $700,000 With Faked Debit Release Cards by Jail Employee by On October 19, 2021, auditors for Dallas County, Texas, reported to commissioners that lax oversight allowed an employee in the county Sheriff’s Department (DCSD) to use hundreds of damaged debit-release cards to draw …
Article • February 25, 2022
California State Senator Introduces Bill to Increase Gate Money Substantially by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On February 18, 2022, Democratic California state Sen. Sydney Kamlager introduced legislation to increase the amount of money individuals receive when released from state prisons. These funds, commonly called “gate money,” are …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Inmate Magazine Service Settlement Prohibits Further Sale of Magazine Subscriptions, Orders Payment of $2.2 Million for ‘Consumer Redress’ by On September 7, 2021, Inmate Magazine Service (IMS) owner Roy Snowden entered into a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) that prohibits him …
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 • December 6, 2021
Brown v. Stored Value Cards, OR, Order Re Motion to Compel Arbitration, Prepaid Debit Cards, 2021 Case 3:15-cv-01370-MO Document 263 Filed 12/06/21 Page 1 of 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON PORTLAND DIVISION DANICA LOVE BROWN, individually and on behalf of all others similarly …
Article • December 1, 2021 • from PLN December, 2021
Salvation Army Sued for a Failing to Pay Wages to Drug Program Participants by A class action lawsuit alleges that the Salvation Army’s adult drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers and adult rehabilitation programs violate California law by failing to treat participants in those programs as employees. The civil complaint was …
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