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Damage Awards Can be Used for Restitution
Loaded on Feb. 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
February, 1995, page 15
Under Iowa state law all felons must pay victim restitution. The DOC sets up a restitution plan whereby up to half of a prisoners earnings can be confiscated and sent to the county court clerk who disburses the funds to the victims. Four Iowa state prisoners sued prison officials for ...
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