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Connecticut Takes Cut of Prisoner Judgments and Inheritances
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2007
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2007, page 21
by Matthew T. Clarke
Filed under:
Excessive Force,
Damages,
Settlements,
Seizure of Prisoner Funds,
Wrongful Death,
State Legislation.
Location:
Connecticut.
Connecticut has enhanced its use of a state law (C.G.S.A. § 18-85a) that allows it to recover costs of incarceration from prisoners, targeting prisoners who benefit from a ?windfall? such as an inheritance, insurance settlement, legal judgment or lottery payment.
The state began actively enforcing the ...
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