Miss. U.S. Attorney: Justice Department Informs City of Lexington and Lexington Police Department That Automatically Jailing People for Unpaid Fines Violates Constitution
March 02, 2024
March 02, 2024
JACKSON, Mississippi, March 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi posted the following news release on March 1, 2024:
The Justice Department sent a letter (https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-02/letter_to_lexington_police_department.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery) today to the City of Lexington, Mississippi, and the Lexington Police Department (LPD) raising significant concerns regarding their practice of jailing people for unpaid . . .
The Justice Department sent a letter (https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-02/letter_to_lexington_police_department.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery) today to the City of Lexington, Mississippi, and the Lexington Police Department (LPD) raising significant concerns regarding their practice of jailing people for unpaid . . .