LAWSUIT FILED TO BLOCK SHERIFF EXTRACTING MONEY FROM PEOPLE BEING RELEASED FROM JAIL TO PAY FOR SHOOTING RANGE, COTTON CANDY AND ICE CREAM MACHINES
May 14, 2024
May 14, 2024
WATERLOO, Iowa, May 14 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa issued the following news release on May 13, 2024:
Civil rights groups today filed a federal class action lawsuit to block the Black Hawk County sheriff's department from wrongly extracting money from people before being released from jail for room, board, and other fees. That money is being used to fund a shooting range for the enjoyment of department employees and families, including rentals of ice cream and cott . . .
Civil rights groups today filed a federal class action lawsuit to block the Black Hawk County sheriff's department from wrongly extracting money from people before being released from jail for room, board, and other fees. That money is being used to fund a shooting range for the enjoyment of department employees and families, including rentals of ice cream and cott . . .