Pay-to-stay (imprisonment) - Wikipedia
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/19544496

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/18677335

TIL 40 states in the US charge you $20-$80 a day for being incarcerated in prison.

Very weird that I am so old and have literally never heard this mentioned in a TV show or book or movie or anything.

In four out of five states, if you go to prison, you are literally paying for the time you spend there.

As you can guess, this results in crippling debt as soon as you’re released.

The county gets back a fraction of what they hold over your head the rest of your life until you commit suicide(or die naturally and peacefully with the sword of damocles hanging over your head).

$20-$80 a day according to Rutgers.

Counties apparently sue people and employ wage garnishment to get back the money that majority of people obviously cannot pay back.

https://www.rutgers.edu/news/states-unfairly-burdening-incarcerated-people-pay-stay-fees

  • Gormadt
    12•2 months ago

    The U.S. never abolished slavery, they just gave it a makeover and called it justice.

    God damn that line goes hard

    It truly is fucked up how we treat prisoners in this country

    • @jjagaimo@lemmy.ca
      5•2 months ago

      It’s not even some kind of conspiracy theory, it’s literally an exception written in the amendment

      Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.