John P. Rowe, Jr. v. Thomas F. "Slick" Jones

Defendants appeal the district court’s dismissal of their motion to terminate a permanent plan for charitable donations from an Inmate Welfare Fund. This fund was created following the settlement of a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit filed on behalf of inmates in the Glynn County Detention Center (“GCDC”). The question here is whether the plan should be terminated pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”), 18 U.S.C. § 3626. After review and oral argument, we reverse the district court’s order dismissing the motion to terminate.

I. BACKGROUND

On December 17, 1981, John P. Rowe,…