Organizations call on President Biden and the FTC to end abusive fees charged to incarcerated people and their families.
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Working to stop unfair financial practices in the criminal justice system and to ease re-entry.
Advocates say this action is long overdue and necessary to ensure people with disabilities have access to communications while incarcerated. Today, civil rights leaders and advocacy organizations working across various issues in criminal legal and prison reform are commending the Federal Communications Commission’s order on prison communications, particularly the long-awaited action to affirm the rights…
The following comments are submitted on behalf of the National Consumer Law Center’s low-income clients. We write in response to your Notice of Public Hearing on the issue of providing access to court documents and records on the internet. We write to specifically oppose providing online access to criminal records and believe that doing so…
CJPP has developed a Guide for Policy Reform, which highlights the different areas of law that spawn harmful practices and outlines a wide array of policy levers for bringing about systemic reform. The guide provides a detailed discussion of policy strategies for (1) addressing conflicts of interest that arise when legal actors rely on revenue generated…
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Over the past several decades, bankruptcy gave tens of millions of Americans a fresh start free from crushing debt. Although criminal justice debt weighs disproportionately upon those with the least ability to pay, it has generally been excluded from bankruptcy’s fresh start. This exclusion has been grounded on the belief that allowing discharge of monetary…
Defendant Securus Technologies, Inc.’s opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion to Alter of Amend Order of Judgment and certify question of law to Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. For the reasons stated in Sheriff Hodgson’s Opposition, Plaintiffs’ Motion should be denied.
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The court ALLOWS in part and DENIES in part Sheriff Hodgson’s Motion to Dismiss and Securus’s Motion to Dismiss.
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Defendants’ Motions for Judgment on the Pleadings are ALLOWED, and Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on Count I and Motion for Class Certification are DENIED.
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