Posts Tagged ‘funds’
Criminal Justice Reform Initiatives Miss the Mark
The past several years have seen a growing awareness among Americans that our criminal justice policies are flawed and need to be reformed. The premise has included the system being harsher on minorities than non-minorities, too severe on non-violent drug offenders, and just plain old inefficient and ineffective. All of this appears to be true,…
Read MoreBOP Orders Staff to Cease Collection of Restitution In Ninth Circuit Federal Prisons
In a rare retreat from its aggressive collection of funds owed by federal prisoners, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has instructed staff at prisons located within the Ninth Circuit to cease demands for restitution payments from most prisoners owing such obligations. The order was issued in the wake of Ward v. Chavez, 678 F.3d 1042…
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