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Amicus Brief in Scholl v. Mnuchin
Brief of the ACLU of Northern California, East Bay Community Law Center, and National Consumer Law Center in support of Plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction.
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Criminal Justice Debt - How States Can Help
Criminal justice debt stemming from fines and fees is disproportionately borne by low-wage workers without job security and people of color. These populations will experience the financial stress caused by the pandemic most acutely. Many will lose jobs and be unable to pay criminal justice debts through no fault of their own.
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Collection At All Costs: Examining the Intersection of Mass Incarceration and the Student Debt Crisis
The collateral consequences of ending up on the wrong side of America’s criminal legal system are increasingly recognized as wide-ranging and harmful. Incarceration or even simply a criminal record can limit nearly every aspect of a person’s life even after their sentence ends, interfering with the ability to keep or get a job and support…
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Zombie Records: How Sealed or Expunged Court Records in Tenant & Employment Screening Reports May Illegally Cost People Jobs & Housing
Today, to rent an apartment or nail down a job, you almost always have to pass a background check. About 94% of employers and 90% of landlords run criminal background checks, and about 85% of landlords review eviction information. Many landlords and employers purchase reports containing criminal and eviction records information from specialized tenant and…
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Testimony supporting Massachusetts H. 1900, Telephone Service for Inmates
Written Testimony before the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Joint Committee on the Judiciary in support of H.1900: An Act Relative to Telephone Service for Inmates in All Correctional and Other Penal Institutions in the Commonwealth
Read More about Testimony supporting Massachusetts H. 1900, Telephone Service for Inmates
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Appendix B: Statutes Allowing Fines, Court Costs, or Indigent Defense Costs to be Treated as Civil Judgments
Appendix B of Collection of Criminal Justice Debt Through the State Civil Justice System
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Appendix A: State Law Allowing Restitution Obligation to be Treated as a Civil Judgment
Appendix A of Collecting Criminal Justice Debt Through the State Civil Justice System.
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