See our home page for frequently updated information on:

David Arner v. Charles Ryan (our litigation which challenges the legality/constitutionality of the 1% fee deducted from deposits to inmate spendable accounts, which became effective on July 20, 2011.)  You can download a copy of this Complaint from our home page and mail it to your loved one/friend in prison!

James J. Hamm and Donna Leone Hamm v. Charles Ryan ( our litigation which challenges the legality/constitutionality of the $25 background check fee that is imposed on all adult visitor applicants, effective for those who apply beginning July 20, 2011.)  You can download a copy of this Complaint, the Motion for Summary Judgment and the Statement of Facts from our home page and mail it to your loved one/friend in prison!

All of the imposed fees against prisoners and visitor applicants is placed in a newly-formed Building Renewal Fund that is operated by the ADOC to repair roofs and plumbing, etc.  None of the fees are actually used to defray the cost of inmate banking or of visitor background checks.  That's why these are not "fees" at all.  They are unconstitutional "special taxes" imposed on a select group of people with no specialized benefit or gain to the group who pay the fees.