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For-Profit Probation

The 11th Circuit ruled that a private probation company violated due process by extending the duration of Alabama probationers' sentences, increasing fines, and imposing additional conditions.

ATLANTA — The 11th Circuit ruled that a private probation company violated due process by extending the duration of Alabama probationers' sentences, increasing fines, and imposing additional conditions.

The company earned a fee for every month a misdemeanor offender remained under its supervision, and its financial interest in maximizing the length of prisoners’ probation is unconstitutional.

Categories / Appeals, Civil Rights

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