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Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Fourth Circuit Chides Virginia Magistrate for Assuming Prisoners Proceed IFP by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held on November 15, 2023, that a lower court erred in assuming that a group of Virginia prisoners proceeded in forma pauperis (IFP) when they …
$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 …
Virginia DOC Resists Prisoner Fee Cuts by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye A report released by the Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC) on October 1, 2022, largely rejected recommendations made by a work group to reduce costs for prisoners in state lockups and their families. Tasked by the state …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Pay-to-Stay Fees Impoverish Prisoners, Increase Recidivism by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Pay-to-stay fees are charged by over 30% of the county jails and detention centers in the state of Wisconsin. Critics contend that the system contributes to recidivism and that the penalties are so high that they violate the …
Alabama Court Allows Lawsuit Over Indigent Traffic Offenders Jailed for Not Paying Fines by David Reutter by David M. Reutter An Alabama federal district court allowed portions of a lawsuit to move forward that sought damages from the City of Montgomery (the City) and Judicial Correction Services, Inc. (JCS). The …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
California First State to Eliminate Post-Prison Fees by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins California became the first state in the nation to roll back laws that allowed for the collection of fees and fines from people released from prison or jails. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Families Over Fees Act …
Publication • January 1, 2018
Filed under: Budgetary Constraints
Notice of Contract, Department of Technology-Management-and Budget, 2018 Form No. DTMB-3522 (Rev. 04/2015) AUTHORITY: Act 431 of 1984 COMPLETION: Required PENALTY: Contract change will not be executed unless form is filed STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET PROCUREMENT P.O. BOX 30026, LANSING, MI 48909 OR 525 W. …
'Not in it for Justice': How California’s Pretrial Detention and Bail System Unfairly Punishes Poor People, Human Rights Watch, 2017 H U M A N R I G H T S W A T C H “Not in it for Justice” How California’s Pretrial Detention and Bail System Unfairly Punishes …
Fighting Fines & Fees: Borrowing from Consumer Law to Combat Criminal Justice Debt Abuses, Neil Sobol, Texas A&M University School of Law, 2017 Legal Studies Research Paper Series Research Paper No. 17–34 Fighting Fines & Fees: Borrowing from Consumer Law to Combat Criminal Justice Debt Abuses Neil L. Sobol This …
The Economic Burden of Incarceration in the U.S., Concordance Institute for Advancing Social Justice, 2016 The Economic Burden of Incarceration in the U.S. Working Paper #CI072016 Michael McLaughlin, MACC, MBA, Washington University in St. Louis Carrie Pettus-Davis, MSW, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis Derek Brown, MA, PhD, Washington University …
Resource Guide: Reforming the Assessment and Enforcement of Fines and Fees, U.S. Department of Justice, 2015 RESOURCE GUIDE: REFORMING THE ASSESSMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF FINES AND FEES TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …
Publication • September 5, 2014
Mercenary Criminal Justice, Wayne Logan and Ronald Wright, University of Illinois Law Review, 2014 WRIGHT.DOCX (DO NOT DELETE) 9/5/2014 10:54 AM MERCENARY CRIMINAL JUSTICE Wayne A. Logan* Ronald F. Wright** To some degree, money has always figured in criminal justice. Early on, private enforcers of the criminal law received payments …