RIZZY wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 3:22 pm
They often already have to pay court costs and other fees associated with legal troubles. I would be more keen to requiring them have a prison job, allowing them to earn a wage, and deducting fees from there, so long as it still allows them to get their basic necessities.
I don't understand the part about billing the next prison who uses the room. Does that mean that if someone is released and doesn't pay their bill, then the next person who takes the room pays their bill and the person before them? Because if so, that makes zero sense.
Florida is billing inmates for the entire length of their sentence. If they are released early, they have to continue to pay room and board. If the bed is filled by another inmate, then both are paying room and board.
Room and board is $1600 a month so requiring inmates to pay even after release is cruel and sets them up for failure.
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