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Pay-to-stay (imprisonment) - Wikipedia (en.m.wikipedia.org)
submitted 6 months ago by whoreticulture to c/libertyhub
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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/18677335

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

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[-] match@pawb.social 12 points 6 months ago

ah, slave labor

[-] whoreticulture 6 points 6 months ago

slaves who pay for the privilege of being incarcerated 😬

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 6 points 6 months ago

It was never about rehabilitation. Once you're in the system, everything's stacked against you.

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@midwest.social 2 points 6 months ago

Commenting to mod my alt in case of server outage

[-] whoreticulture 2 points 6 months ago

I thought I got banned lol

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