LINK The vast majority of states allow people to be charged for time behind bars : NPR
Being sentenced for a crime could cost you more than just time behind bars. Prisons and jails across the country are billing inmates for room and board. Some criminal justice reformers in Michigan and other states say the so-called pay-to-stay fees are another example of the hidden costs of incarceration, and they're pushing for the fees to be eliminated.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Travel agents tout attractions with details of total spend on all inclusive stays.
Brisk competition with affordable housing authorities.
Fetishists in on the action.
Business boom boom boomS.
Bolivian prison authorities look to America in abject fawning wonderment.
The "pay to stay at home" programs prove popular.
Make crime pay, and be more profitable, it's the American way.
waitingforgodo
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Mar 5, 2022
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Spain has done that for centuries. Unless your relatives/friends bring food, it is bread & water. Period.
AnneWimsey
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Mar 5, 2022
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I would push for the fees to be published.
yvilletom
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Mar 5, 2022
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So criminals could choose which state they wanted to be busted in? Love it!
@Barnie2years will criminals do that kind of research?
States, and their counties, cities, towns, et cetera all have bureaucracies with employees who can do the research and set fees to attract choosy criminals. Think full employment. (big effing grin)
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