WASHINGTON --- An incessant wave of protests has hit the country since the death of Mike Brown last August in Ferguson, Missouri, and a growing movement of activists are organizing around issues related to the criminal justice system. Yet there’s perhaps little attention being paid to another major injustice hitting the people trapped in that
‘Pay-To-Stay’ Fees Ensure Prisoners Keep Paying Long After They’ve Done Their Time
“Once someone is arrested, they are then subject to a whole host of criminal justice fees,” one expert tells MintPress. Indeed, fees are tallied from a person’s arrest to their reentry back into society — everything from booking to postage costs, to transportation, to room and board.