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Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Kentucky Supreme Court Voids Prisoner’s $10,972 Jail Fee by David Reutter Striking a rare blow for fairness, the Supreme Court of Kentucky issued a ruling on February 25, 2025, reversing the imposition of $10,972 in jail fees upon Dillian Ford at his criminal sentencing in Carlisle County Circuit Court. Because …
Article • May 1, 2025 • from PLN May, 2025
Missouri Repeals “Pay-to-Stay” Law by When Missouri Gov. Michael Kehoe (R) signed HB 495 on March 26, 2025, authorizing a state takeover of policing in St. Louis, the bill included repeal of the Missouri Incarceration Reimbursement Act (MIRA). Also known as “pay-to-stay,” it allowed the state to sue for funds …
Article • May 1, 2025 • from PLN May, 2025
Filed under: Ability to Pay
Florida’s “Pay to Stay” Law: A Second Sentence for Former Prisoners by A month before Florida lawmakers were set to end their most recent session on May 2, 2025, there was no effort to revive House Bill (HB) 1111, or its companion Senate Bill (SB) 1310—twin measures that would amend …
Article • May 1, 2025 • from PLN May, 2025
Medical Copays Blamed for Reducing Prisoner Access to Healthcare by A report published by the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) on September 6, 2024, found an inverse relationship between medical copays imposed on prisoners and their access to healthcare. That is, those incarcerated in lockups charging higher copays were less …
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
Fines and Fees Destroy the Impoverished and Perpetuate Mass Incarceration by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney “I was young. I couldn’t pay for my ankle monitor. I went to jail because I couldn’t pay for my ankle monitor. And then they let me back out again on my ankle monitor …
$3.25 Million Settlement Reached With Defendants Jailed in Missouri “Debtor’s Prison” for Unpaid Fines, Fees by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke On April 5, 2023, the federal court for the Eastern District of Missouri gave final approval to a $3.25 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit alleging the City of …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Corizon Executes “Texas Two-Step,” Spinning Off Debt Into Bankrupt New Firm to Avoid Paying Creditors and Lawsuit Winners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Corizon Heath, Inc. has engaged in legal maneuvers over the course of the past year that are intended to limit how much it must pay on …
Article • April 27, 2023
Filed under: Restitution, Ability to Pay
Missouri Senior Citizen Jailed Three Days After Letting Dog Off Leash by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On March 13, 2023, an attorney in Missouri’s Iron County helped a 64-year-old resident file a pro se motion in court, asking for an indigency hearing she never got before being ordered to …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Idaho Joins Missouri in Banning Incarceration for Inability To Pay Court Fines, Fees by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins It is no secret that in most prisons, poverty is the characteristic most often shared by prisoners. Some countries are trying to reduce crime by reducing poverty. But in many American …
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 …
Publication • 2022
Filed under: Ability to Pay
Fines and Fees Justice Center-End Fees, Discharge Debt, Fairly Fund Government, Jan 2022 End Fees, Discharge Debt, Fairly Fund Government FFJC Policy Guidance for Eliminating Criminal Legal System Fees and Discharging Debt BY: FINES AND FEES JUSTICE CENTER PUBLISHED: JANUARY 2022 Table of Contents Introduction 2 The History of Fees …
Publication • 2022
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau-Justice Involved Individuals and the Consumer Financial Marketplace, Jan 2022 CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU | JANUARY 2022 Justice-Involved Individuals and the Consumer Financial Marketplace C cial e r Finan C o n s uctimon Bureau Prote Table of contents Table of contents......................................................................................................... 1 Executive summary..................................................................................................... 2 1. …
Article • May 1, 2022 • from PLN May, 2022
Hawaii Supreme Court Orders New Parole Hearing for Prisoner Held Since 1979 by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Over 42 years after he was sentenced to Life with Possibility of Parole (LWPP), a pro se Hawaii prisoner took a step closer to the promise contained in his sentence on October …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Florida’s “Pay-to-Vote” System Struck Down by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Florida federal district court declared portions of Florida’s felon voting system unconstitutional. It issued injunctive relief that orders a new process put in place for indigent persons who owe financial obligations as part of a criminal sentence. …
Publication • June 1, 2019
Paid in Full- A Plan to End Money Injustice in New Orleans, Vera Institute of Justice, 2019 Paid in Full: A Plan to End Money Injustice in New Orleans Jon Wool, Alison Shih, and Melody Chang June 2019 The following organizations endorse this report and its recommendations: ADL South Central …
Publication • April 1, 2018
Filed under: Fines, Ability to Pay
Penalty Assement Funds, California State Auditor, 2018 April 2018 Penalty Assessment Funds California’s Traffic Penalties and Fees Provide Inconsistent Funding for State and County Programs and Have a Significant Financial Impact on Drivers Report 2017-126 COMMITMENT INTEGRITY LEADERSHIP CALIFORNIA STATE AUDITOR 621 Capitol Mall, Suite 1200 | Sacramento | CA …
Brief • June 16, 2017
Watlington v. City of McCrory, AK, Amended Complaint, Trailer-Banishment Ordinance, 2017 Case 2:17-cv-00002-DPM Document 25 Filed 06/16/17 Page 1 of 20 THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS EASTERN DIVISION ____________________________________ ) DAVID WATLINGTON and LINDSEY ) HOLLAWAY, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) Case No. 2:17-cv-2-DPM …
Publication • September 12, 2016
The Bail Trap, The New York Times, 2016 9/12/2016 The Bail Trap ­ The New York Times http://nyti.ms/1IJKXjS The Bail Trap Every year, thousands of innocent people are sent to jail only because they can’t afford to post bail, putting them at risk of losing their jobs, custody of their …
Publication • September 12, 2016
Paying For Your Time, Loyola Jour of Pub Int Law, 2016 Colgan, Beth 9/12/2016 For Educational Use Only PAYING FOR YOUR TIME: HOW CHARGING INMATES..., 15 Loy. J. Pub. Int. L 319 15 Loy. J. Pub. Int. L 319 Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law Spring 2014 Article PAYING FOR …