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Alabama Work Release Transportation, Medical and Drug Screen Costs Not “Incidental to Confinement”
Alabama Work Release Transportation, Medical and Drug Screen Costs Not “Incidental to Confinement”
by David M. Reutter
Alabama’s Supreme Court has held that the plain language of § 14-8-6, Ala. Code 1975 does not prohibit the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) from collecting, over and above the 40% threshold established ...
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- Alabama DOC Short Hair Policy Does Not Violate RLUIPA, by David Reutter
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- Muslim New York Prisoner’s Free Exercise of Religion Claim Reinstated, Jan. 15, 2025
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