Civil Rights,
Civil Litigation
Sep. 13, 2024
Boudin-led Berkeley center sues state over gate money
UC Berkeley's Criminal Law & Justice Center, headed by former San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, claims the state has unlawfully deducted clothing and transportation costs from the funds prisoners receive upon their release.
A proposed class action accuses the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation of unlawfully withholding "gate money" from released prisoners since 1994.
UC Berkeley's Criminal Law & Justice Center and an attorney from Edelson PC filed the complaint Wednesday on behalf of a group of prisoners claiming that they were among "millions" of prisoners who had clothing and transportation costs deducted from the $200 cash they were entitled to rece...
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