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Denial of Interest Does Not Violate Takings Clause

Loaded on Oct. 15, 2001 published in Prison Legal News October, 2001, page 27
Filed under: Money/Property, Interest. Location: Virginia.
The Fourth Circuit held that the denial of interest earned on prison trust accounts does not violate the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment.

Virginia prisoner William Washlefske earns an average of $108.76 each month from prison labor. That money is credited to his "spend account." He also maintains a ...

 

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