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Making the Bad Guy Pay: The Growing Use of Cost Shifting as an Economic Sanction
Loaded on April 15, 2008
by Kirsten D. Levingston
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2008, page 1
by Kirsten D. Levingston1
Filed under:
Work Release,
Prison Labor,
Medical Expenses,
Prisoner Privileges,
Rehabilitation/Recidivism,
Parole,
Probation,
Seizure of Prisoner Funds,
Restitution,
Bond Fees,
Booking Fees.
Location:
United States of America.
"At some point, we have to be able to say to people who have been incarcerated, and served time on probation or parole upon release, you have paid your debt to society. We have got to help people move on to leading productive lives."2
"For people ...
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