BOP Orders Staff to Cease Collection of Restitution In Ninth Circuit Federal Prisons
In a rare retreat from its aggressive collection of funds owed by federal prisoners, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has instructed staff at prisons located within the Ninth Circuit to cease demands for restitution payments from most prisoners owing such obligations. The order was issued in the wake of Ward v. Chavez, 678 F.3d 1042