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St0rmFury
08/27/22 1:44:23 PM
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https://apnews.com/article/crime-prisons-lawsuits-connecticut-074a8f643766e155df58d2c8fbc7214c

From the reddit thread:

The best part is some states will charge you for being in jail even if you are found not guilty.

So if person gets arrested for a crime they didnt commit cant make bail (usually by paying a bondsman 10 percent) and stay in jail they get charged for it. Or if you get arrested on a Friday and dont see a judge until the next week you have to pay as well.

https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/wz3n94/at_249_per_day_prison_stays_leave_exinmates_deep/

Wtf America, isn't that what taxes are for?

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Crimsoness
08/27/22 1:45:22 PM
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St0rmFury posted...
Wtf America, isn't that what taxes are for?
Prisons are private in the US

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Heartomaton
08/27/22 1:46:44 PM
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Blame the privatization of the prison system. Also greed.

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St0rmFury
08/27/22 1:47:34 PM
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Crimsoness posted...
Prisons are private in the US
Then why the fuck is this in the article?

Supporters say the collections are a legitimate way for states to recoup millions of taxpayer dollars spent on prisons and jails.

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EyeWontBeFooled
08/27/22 1:49:06 PM
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St0rmFury posted...
Then why the fuck is this in the article?
It's all one big grift.

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Imit8m3
08/27/22 2:15:06 PM
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This is late stage capitalism.
It's not curable, it's terminal.

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St0rmFury
08/27/22 8:51:11 PM
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Bump

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TheUmbersun
08/27/22 8:53:18 PM
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'murica
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Onimusha
08/27/22 8:54:16 PM
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How can prisoners afford to even pay it?

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gunplagirl
08/27/22 8:54:35 PM
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Our "justice" system is evil and has been made profitable and thus crimes are committed to put plenty of innocent people in prison for massive sums of money from multiple sources.

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XxKrazyChaosxX
08/27/22 8:57:23 PM
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Onimusha posted...
How can prisoners afford to even pay it?

Gotta make license plates.

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Kim_Seong-a
08/27/22 8:59:40 PM
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Reminder that America never abolished slavery. They just passed the buck to a group that voters wouldn't care about.

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gunplagirl
08/27/22 9:00:27 PM
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Onimusha posted...
How can prisoners afford to even pay it?
Like most debts, the hope is that they can't pay it all. Only most of it but at a rate that allows interest and other fines to accrue.

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MedeaLysistrata
08/27/22 9:01:22 PM
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malarkey detected and engaged

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tremain07
08/27/22 9:04:23 PM
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Now's a good time to remind people that floyd's killer is protected in prison by the guards to the extent that black guards are no allowed to guard him, ms taylor was killed as part of a land stealing plot and a prison was caught selling their inmates as sex slaves.

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MedeaLysistrata
08/27/22 9:20:26 PM
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There are also prisons for the crime of wanting to be American

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Hollow_Piano
08/27/22 9:30:31 PM
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Onimusha posted...
How can prisoners afford to even pay it?
You have to pay it when you get out.
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Homeless_Waifu
08/27/22 9:34:56 PM
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Hollow_Piano posted...
You have to pay it when you get out.
Thats assuming if most of them even get out and don't die or get murdered along the way

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iPhone_7
08/27/22 9:57:22 PM
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What happens if you dont pay it because you cant afford to? Do you get charged with a crime?

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St0rmFury
08/27/22 10:36:43 PM
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iPhone_7 posted...
What happens if you dont pay it because you cant afford to? Do you get charged with a crime?

The state will seize their property I guess.

When her mother died two years ago, the state of Connecticut put a lien on the Stamford home she and her siblings inherited. It said she owed $83,762 to cover the cost of her 2 1/2 year imprisonment for drug crimes.

Im about to be homeless, said Beatty, 58, who in March became the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging the state law that charges prisoners $249 a day for the cost of their incarceration. I just dont think its right, because I feel I already paid my debt to society. I just dont think its fair for me to be paying twice.

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Ajiri
08/28/22 2:56:19 AM
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I actually didnt know that for the entirety of my life, I literally just thought that serving time was your punishment and after doing the time you were free.

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hockeybub89
08/28/22 3:08:57 AM
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Ajiri posted...
I actually didnt know that for the entirety of my life, I literally just thought that serving time was your punishment and after doing the time you were free.
Incarceration is only the beginning in America

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Mew
08/28/22 4:08:44 AM
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Fucked up country

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MI4_REAL
08/28/22 4:43:14 AM
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gunplagirl posted...
Our "justice" system is evil and has been made profitable and thus crimes are committed to put plenty of innocent people in prison for massive sums of money from multiple sources.


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indica
08/28/22 4:57:35 AM
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EyeWontBeFooled posted...
It's all one big grift.
America....

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MI4_REAL
08/28/22 4:58:51 AM
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Used to be great,, but sadly the catalyst has now evolved.

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St0rmFury
08/28/22 1:16:30 PM
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Last bump.

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