Treasury Must Send Virus Relief Payments to Incarcerated People (1)

The government must provide virus relief payments to people who are incarcerated because its previous denials of the payments weren’t backed by statutory authority, a court ruled.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California previously issued a preliminary order blocking the Treasury Department from denying someone an economic impact payment under the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) simply because the person is incarcerated. On Wednesday, the court issued a permanent order, instructing Treasury to stop withholding such benefits and to reconsider advance refund payments and claims to those denied them solely because they are ...