The Southern Poverty Law Center is cheering an unusual ruling late Friday from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reinstating a lawsuit against a private probation company over fines and fees.

“This precedent-setting decision is not only a victory for our clients but a victory for every person being exploited by abusive probation and pretrial supervision companies across the country,” said Emily Early, senior staff attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center. She said the ruling appears to be the first federal appellate decision of its kind. It holds that a private probation company is acting in a quasi-judicial capacity when it imposes enhancements to probation terms and, therefore, has a duty of neutrality under the 14th Amendment’s due process clause, which is violated by financial interests.

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