Digital Library: UDAP Challenges to Prison Financial Exploitation

October 12, 2026 — Article

A new NCLC Digital Library article describes how state unfair and deceptive acts and practices (UDAP) statutes offer a powerful tool to combat private companies’ financial exploitation of incarcerated people and their loved ones, such as price gouging, unfair contracts, and denial of free services to force paid services. The article explains how to use UDAP statutes and potential obstacles to their use.