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At $249 per day, prison stays leave Connecticut ex-inmates deep in debt

HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) Two decades after her release from prison, Teresa Beatty feels she is still being punished. 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 […]

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Sentencing Law and Policy: Noting the punishing reality of persistent prison debt

Sentencing Law and Policy: Noting the punishing reality of persistent prison debt
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Sentencing Law and Policy: August 28, 2022 - September 3, 2022

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At $249 per day, prison stays leave ex-inmates deep in

A few states have been amending or repealing “pay-to-stay” laws that require former prisoners to reimburse states for the cost of their jail stays, sometimes at daily rates exceeding what they would have paid to stay in a luxury hotel

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Pay to stay prisons leave ex-inmates in debt nationwide

All but two states have so-called “pay-to-stay” laws that make prisoners pay for their time behind bars, though not every state pursues people for the money.

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