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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 …
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 • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Preliminary Injunction Bars Arkansas from Confiscating Prisoners’ COVID Stimulus Money by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Arkansas federal district court issued a preliminary injunction that bars the Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC) from carrying out a state law that confiscates prisoners’ stimulus money and distributes it to the …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Arizona Auditor’s Report Finds Underfunding of DOC’s Capital Funding Requests and Unreconciled Prisoner Trust Fund Accounts by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In October 2020, the Arizona Auditor General’s Office published a report on a performance audit of the Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (DOC). The audit reviewed the …
Brief • October 19, 2021
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consent Order Re JPay, 2021 2021-CFPB-0006 Document 1 Filed 10/19/2021 Page 1 of 42 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING File No. 2021-CFPB-0006 In the Matter of: CONSENT ORDER JPay, LLC The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) has reviewed the practices of …
Brief • October 12, 2021
Hayes v. Graves, AR, Brief in Support of Class Certification, COVID Stimulus Checks, 2021 Case 4:21-cv-00347-LPR Document 127 Filed 10/12/21 Page 1 of 9 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS CENTRAL DIVISION STEVEN C. HAYES, ADC # 657050, On behalf of himself and all …
Brief • October 12, 2021
Hayes v. Graves, AR, Motion for Class Certification, COVID Stimulus Checks, 2021 Case 4:21-cv-00347-LPR Document 126 Filed 10/12/21 Page 1 of 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS CENTRAL DIVISION STEVEN C. HAYES, ADC # 657050, On behalf of himself and all others similarly …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
HRDC Case Sues JPay Over Fee-Heavy “Release Card” Debit Cards by A lawsuit filed in a California federal court on September 15, 2021, accuses private prison financier JPay, Inc. of violating both U.S. law and the constitutional rights of prisoners by returning money owed at their release in debit cards …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
File a CFPB Complaint for Unfair Money Transfer Fees by Prison Legal News (PLN) is encouraging our readers to file complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) if you feel you are being made to pay expensive rates to transfer money to your loved one in jail or prison …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Sacramento Sheriff Used Prisoner Welfare Fund for Trips, Salaries and Equipment by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke According to the Sacramento Bee, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office employees used money from a fund paid for by profits from the prisoners’ commissary purchases and phone calls to pay for airline fares, hotel …
Brief • September 3, 2021
Lamar v. Hutchinson, AR, Order Granting Preliminary Injunction, Covid Response, 2021 Case: 4:21-cv-00347-r 1 Document#: 79-0 Filed: 09/o,---·-Q21 Page 1 of 30 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS CENTRAL DIVISION PLAINTIFF ANTHONY LAMAR ADC#120479 v. Member Case No.: 4:21-CV-00529 Master Case No.: 4:21-CV-00347 DEFENDANTS ASA HUTCHINSON, …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
How Sheriffs Are Extracting Wealth from People in Jail by Katie Jane Fernelius by Katie Jane Fernelius, The Appeal, June 30, 2021 California’s legislature adopted a bill last year that would have limited the price of commissary items in county jails, and imposed new constraints on how the sheriffs who …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
CFPB and Three States Sue Over Predatory Immigrant Bail and GPS Scam by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A federal lawsuit alleges that Nexus Services, Inc., “preys on consumers held in federal detention centers by offering to pay for consumers’ immigration bonds to secure their release.” In exchange, the …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
No Mutual Assent Where Detainee Forced to Accept Release Card in HRDC Case by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Washington State federal district court found there was no mutual assent when a detainee who was issued a debit card in lieu of his monies upon release. The Court, …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Oregon Federal Court Issues Class Certification in HRDC Challenge to NUMI Release Debit Cards by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Oregon federal district court issued an order that certified a class in a lawsuit challenging the issuance of debit cards by NUMI upon release in lieu of the …
Brief • June 8, 2021
Brown v. Stored Value Cards, OR, Order Re Class Certification, Debit Release Cards, 2021 Case 3:15-cv-01370-MO Document 249 Filed 06/08/21 Page 1 of 18 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON PORTLAND DIVISION DANICA LOVE BROWN, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, No. …
Publication • June 7, 2021
CDCR JPay Lockbox and Debit Card Services Contract DocuSign Envelope ID: AFA335FF-4876-46CC-BEA3-34729FB1632D 6/7/2021 STATE OF CALIFORNIA — DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION GAVIN NEWSOM, GOVERNOR ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SERVICES OCIO - ITAU 1900 Birkmont Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742 June 7, 2021 JPay Inc. 12864 Biscayne Blvd, Ste. 243 Miami, FL …
Brief • June 2, 2021
Reichert v. Keefe Commissary Network, WA, Order Denying Defendants' Motion to Compel, Prepaid Debit Cards, 2021 Case 3:17-cv-05848-BHS Document 147 Filed 06/02/21 Page 1 of 18 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 6 7 8 9 JEFFREY REICHERT and GARY MOYER, …
Article • March 31, 2021
Southern Republican Senators Generate Publicity by Criticizing Third Pandemic Relief Bill For Giving Payments to Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  No Republican senator voted to pass the very popular third pandemic economic impact relief bill that sent most Americans a $1,400 relief payment. Initially, they said that the …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Prisoners Can Challenge Deductions Taken From Their Accounts by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that prisoners who had deductions taken from their inmate account under Act 84 are entitled to a post-deprivation process. The court’s October 1, 2020, opinion was …
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