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Missouri County Votes to Eliminate Jail Fees, Wiping Out $3.4 Million in Debt for Former Prisoners
by Douglas Ankney
In August 2019, a half-dozen 10-year-old jail fees were eliminated by the county council in St. Louis, Missouri, wiping out nearly $3.4 million in debt for unpaid fees owed by former prisoners and current detainees at the county jail.
“Many of the individuals in custody already face ...
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- News in Brief
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- Former Seventh Circuit Judge Posner Founds Short-Lived Project to Help Pro Se Litigants, by Kevin Bliss
- Undiagnosed MRSA Forced Arizona Prisoner to Have Heart Surgery, by Chad Marks
- California Family Mourns Son Who Committed Suicide in Jail, Receives $1.65 Million Settlement, by Edward Lyon
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- Oklahoma Breaks Pattern of Protracted, Expensive Prison Conditions Litigation, by Edward Lyon
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- Deaf Oregon Prisoner Awarded $125,000 for Jail’s Failure to Accommodate Disability, by Mark Wilson
- Denver Settles Female Deputies’ Sexual Harassment Lawsuit for $1.55 Million, by Matthew Clarke
- First-Class Mail Insufficient for Mailing Date to be Filing Date in Oregon, by Mark Wilson
- New Georgia Law Provides Protections for Pregnant Prisoners, by David M. Reutter
- Prisoner Co-payments for Health Care Services Eliminated in California, by Chad Marks
- Deaths at Georgia Jail Spur Investigations, Lawsuit, by Edward Lyon
- Oklahomans Pay for Release of Woman Whose Case Helped Start Marijuana Reform Movement, by Matthew Clarke
- Criminal Justice Reformers Apologize for Not Vetting Conference Speaker, by David M. Reutter
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- California Jail Prisoner’s Broken Leg Nets $550,000 Settlement, by Matthew Clarke
- First Major Loss in Recent Challenges to Hep C Treatment for Prisoners, by David M. Reutter
- Securus Technologies Rebrands as Aventiv, by Kevin Bliss
- Rikers Prisoner Smuggles DNA Evidence of Rape Out of Jail; $500,000 Settlement, by Dale Chappell
- New York Court of Claims Orders DOCCS to Turn Over OSI Report, Guards’ Personnel Files, by Dale Chappell
- Rhode Island’s Civil Death Law Bars Prisoners from Filing Lawsuits in State Court, by Dale Chappell
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- Government Wants Federal Prisoner’s $250,000 Settlement to Pay Restitution, by Dale Chappell
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- Oregon Prisoner’s Preventable Death Reveals Culture of Systemic Indifference, by Mark Wilson
- Lawsuit Filed by Prisoner with Food Allergy is Dismissed, by David M. Reutter
- San Diego County Jails Still No. 1 in Prisoner Deaths, by Douglas Ankney
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- Genesco CEO Denied Term on CoreCivic’s Board of Directors, but Board Refuses His Resignation, by Scott Grammer
- Prisoners, Guards, Students Protest Aramark, by Douglas Ankney
- Pennsylvania Prisoner Given Belt, Then Punished for Having It, by David M. Reutter
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