Gardendale, Alabama Municipal Court Judge Kenneth Gomany signed an order today that people who are currently assigned to probation with the private company Professional Probation Services, Inc. will no longer have to report or make payments to the company.
In Gardendale, Alabama, municipal court defendants unable to pay court costs and fees in full were placed on probation with the company Private Probation Services (PPS), which charged defendants a $40 monthly fee for supervising their probation. These payments were unconstitutionally enforced...
The following statement is about the rule finalized today by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) that requires payday and car title lenders to determine a borrower’s ability to repay before issuing a short-term loan like a payday or title loan.
Several New Orleans-based bail bond companies, along with their insurance underwriters, have collectively overcharged poor defendants nearly $5 million over the last 12 years, in violation of state law, according to a complaint the SPLC filed today with the Louisiana Department of Insurance.
Under a settlement with the SPLC, the city court in Bogalusa, Louisiana, will stop jailing indigent defendants for failing to pay court debt – one of several reforms designed to ensure fairness for all people appearing before the court.
People awaiting trial before a criminal court in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, were coerced into paying hundreds of dollars to a company before they were released from jail – even after they had paid their bail. The SPLC filed a federal lawsuit with the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of...
The following statement in support of the Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act of 2017 introduced this week by U.S. Sens. Kamala Harris and Rand Paul, is by Sam Brooke, deputy legal director for the SPLC:
The following statement, about the failed effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), is by Sam Brooke, deputy legal director for the SPLC:
We’re deeply disappointed by the U.S. Senate’s heartless proposal to eviscerate Medicaid and roll back many of the protections made available under the Affordable Care Act. Millions of Americans would be stripped of their access to affordable health care.
Two New Orleans bail bond companies working with two other businesses charged clients hidden and illegal fees – even sending armed bounty hunters to kidnap clients and extort money from their friends and family. The Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit to stop the practice.
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