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| Topic | TIL about Floyd's Florida's "pay to stay in prison" |
| darkace77450 04/28/24 11:29:54 AM #38: | A person can be charged $20 to $80 a day for their incarceration, said author Brittany Friedman, an assistant professor of sociology and a faculty affiliate of Rutgers' criminal justice program. That per diem rate can lead to hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees when a person gets out of prison. To recoup fees, states use civil means such as lawsuits and wage garnishment against currently and formerly incarcerated people, and regularly use administrative means such as seizing employment pensions, tax refunds and public benefits to satisfy the debt. Why is this a problem? Convicted felons are in hot demand for well-paying jobs, so they'll have no trouble paying back the tens of thousands of dollars in debt the people who locked them up have saddled them with. They definitely won't struggle to find employment, and definitely won't be pressured to return to a life of crime in order to pay back such exorbitant fees. If this wasn't a great system, the US wouldn't have a negligible recidivism rate of 76.6%. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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