Posted on 10/06/2020 10:51:02 AM PDT by navysealdad
A federal judge says the IRS can't keep withholding coronavirus relief payments from incarcerated people, potentially clearing the way for at least 80,000 checks totaling more than $100 million to be sent to people behind bars across the United States.
The ruling from U.S. District Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton late last month gives the IRS until Oct. 24 to reconsider the payments for those who were denied or had their money intercepted solely because of their incarceration.
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Well, those cigarettes, rolls of TP and candy bars cost a lot of mony in the prison commisary.
If they owe restitution to their victims, let it go toward that.
I seem to remember the IRS flagged my banking because I was part of the TEA party and no judge did a thing.
Not every prisoner is tasked with restitution requirements. If not then the IRS has no business keeping the money.
Never forget that the IRS is a corrupt and evil bureaucracy.
I always love how the media pronounces the voice of God from these crappy brain addled judges.
They still to this day have us flagged for increased scrutiny. F#ck John McCain.
Read tagline.
So judges are now running the country? SCOTUS needs to put a stop to lower level judges that issue decrees that affect the whole country else why do we need the SCOTUS.
Phyllis seems to be high on the Nitwit Scale. Use those funds to pay for their incarceration.
And my friend as well—for THREE years after that donation.
Seriously? The payments are to help people through the shutdown where they have no income because they can’t go to work. Last I saw, prisoners do not have outside jobs and everything is provided (food, medical etc). So, they have no justification for getting the funds.
If they qualify for the funds as the law is written then you should argue with the idiots who wrote the law.
Any money they get should be reimbursed to the state for their incarceration.
Appeal...
This is nonsense
Prisoner’s basic needs are met in prison, and COVID-19 has
not changed that.
What is going on that 80,000 checks were issued, out of a prison population of over 1,000,000?
Judge Phyliss - https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/hamilton-phyllis-jean
Illinois born, California practicing law and as a Magistrate and Judge..
and a CLIntoon appointee, 2000..
That just might be the stupidest ruling this year - and that’s going some, given the number of boneheaded decisions handed out year to date.
Silly me, I thought that the checks were to help people get through the tough times caused by the economic downturn. How in the world are inmates harmed? They already get 3 hots & a cot. What more do they need?
Suffice to say that the judge and the lawyer are conspiring to force the executive branch to pay out stimulus checks to all inmates.
In the interest of ? ... a softer head than normal in judges?
Don’t care about the sob stories about how expensive it is for prisoners to cal. That is the fault of collusion between the County and the prison phone companies.
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