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President Donald Trump filed a $5 billion lawsuit Thursday against JPMorgan Chase and CEO Jamie Dimon, claiming the bank shut down his accounts for “political and social motivations,” according to court documents.The complaint alleges that in early 2021, after decades of banking with JPMorgan, the bank informed Trump and his businesses that it would close several accounts, following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. However, each year many of those indicted, pleading or found guilty have their bank accounts and credit cards cancelled, making recovering from a second chance impossible.

Restitution is one of the easiest ideas in criminal law to support. If someone causes harm, they should repay the loss. It has the ring of responsibility and fairness. It sounds like the rare part of the system that might actually help victims rather than merely punish defendants.But federal restitution often does not work that way. Instead of functioning as meaningful compensation, it too often becomes a second sentence that lingers long after prison, supervision, and the rest of the criminal case have faded. Victims are told help is coming, defendants are hit with crushing financial obligations they cannot meet, and the government continues collecting, monitoring, and escalating consequences even when actual repayment is unrealistic.

For decades, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has insisted it can meet its legal and moral obligation to provide adequate medical care to those in its custody. Yet a growing body of evidence from court rulings, whistleblowers, and repeated Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) reports tells a different story. Chronic staffing shortages, especially in medical positions, have created a system where delayed diagnoses, inadequate treatment, and preventable suffering are not rare exceptions but predictable outcomes.