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• Poor Land in Jail as Companies Add Huge Fees for Probation

  August 01, 2012 - Three years ago, Gina Ray, who is now 31 and unemployed, was fined $179 for speeding. She failed to show up at court (she says the ticket bore the wrong date), so her license was revoked. When she was next pulled over, she was, of course, driving without a license. By then her fees added up to more than $1,500. Unable to pay, she was handed over to a private probation company and jailed  charged an additional fee for each day behind bars. For that driving offense, Ms. Ray has been locked up three times for a total of 40 days and owes $3,170, much of it to the probation company. Her story, in hardscrabble, rural Alabama, where Krispy Kreme promises that "two can dine for $5.99," is not about innocence. It is...

• Truckers'Database Under Fire

  August 01, 2012 - The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association is suing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration alleging that the federal regulator'...

• Industry News

  August 01, 2012 - Corporate Screening Services Partners with ERC Corporate Screening, a provider of pre-employment background screening services, is pleased to a...

• BRB Public Record Update

  August 01, 2012 - Fee to Purchase Kentucky Criminal Record to Increase Soon The fee for a criminal record search in Kentucky will increase from $15.00 to $20.00...

• Maryland Sex Offender Surprises Mother Of One-Year Old

  August 01, 2012 - When Stephanie Rudisill used a contractor for her home, she was surprised to find out upon later research the man she let into her home was a regis...

• Drivers Need Background Checks

  July 01, 2012 - Examining 10,037 of the road-rage incidents, the AAA study found only 413 involved females as perpetrators. The majority of aggressive drivers...

• PA Removes Cases From Online Search Results

  July 01, 2012 - The office that oversees the operation of Pennsylvania's courts has removed millions of court records from its electronic database. It only...

• Alberta: Being Gay No Longer A Mental Illness

  July 01, 2012 - The province has rewritten controversial billing codes that treated sexual minorities as people with mental disorders akin to bestiality and pedoph...

• Nightmare Graduation Ends In Criminal Record

  July 01, 2012 - A South Carolina woman said police escorted her out of her daughter's graduation for cheering and charged her with disorderly conduct. Shan...

• New Jersey: Camera Company Uses Deceptive Crash Footage

  July 01, 2012 - Red light camera company promotional video uses misleading incident to sell its product. Just two days before Christmas, American Traffic Solut...

• People Seeking Background Checks At San Luis Obispo Court May Have To Wait

  July 01, 2012 - San Luis Obispo Superior Court officials have stopped immediate window service for those seeking bulk criminal background information. Citing b...

• Homeschooling Diploma Not Accepted - Background Screener Almost Sued

  July 01, 2012 - Many employers conduct background investigations on prospective employees. Usually these are transparent to the prospective employee who simply...

• Suit Over Background Check Goof to Advance

  July 01, 2012 - A company that lost $10 million to an embezzling accountant can sue the contractor that said he cleared a background check, a federal judge ruled....

• Many People Know About Workplace Misconduct And Are Willing to Report It -- For Money

  July 01, 2012 - According to a recent survey the majority of U.S. employees would report wrongdoing in the workplace if they knew they would be protected from reta...

• The Public Record Update A Service of BRB Publications

  July 01, 2012 - New Rules at San Luis Obispo County, CA - Superior Court Effective June 1, 2012 the San Luis Obispo Superior Court will no longer conduct publi...

• FTC Fines Spokeo $800K for Peddling False Employee Background Check Info

  July 01, 2012 - Spokeo, an online data broker, has agreed to pay an $800,000 fine to the Federal Communications Commission to settle charges it peddled inaccurate...

• Pennsylvania Deleting Online Court Records

  July 01, 2012 - Pennsylvania has removed millions of public records from a state court system website, and while a statewide newspaper group says that’s a tr...

• Kane County, IL Redacts Case Identifiers From Internet

  June 01, 2012 - Since Kane County, IL Circuit Court Clerk's Office rolled out a beta version to access court records online and officials say they've recei...