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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 …
Brief • November 4, 2021
State of WA v GEO Group, WA, Amended Civil Judgment, Minimum Wage in Detention Centers, 2021 Case 3:17-cv-05806-RJB Document 633 Filed 11/04/21 Page 1 of 1 1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 5 6 STATE OF WASHINGTON, 7 Plaintiff, 8 THE GEO …
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 29, 2021
State of WA v. GEO Group, WA, Jury Verdict 2, Minimum Wage in Detention Centers, 2021 Case 3:17-cv-05769-RJB Document 519 Filed 10/29/21 Page 1 of 1
Brief • October 27, 2021
State of WA v. GEO Group, WA, Jury Verdict 1, Minimum Wage in Detention Centers, 2021 Case 3:17-cv-05769-RJB Document 508 Filed 10/27/21 Page 1 of 1
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
Filed under: Bail Bonds
Illinois First State to Abolish Cash Bail by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen Illinois has become the first state in the country to completely eliminate the use of cash bail. The bill signed by Governor J.B. Pritzker in February 2021 was the result of a multi-year effort by …
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 …
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