Here is a strong piece by Radley Balko about a disturbing trend — the use of fees and other additional costs to “pay for” the functioning of the criminal justice system. These add-ons, he says, have “have a disproportionate effect on the poor, because the poor are the people who can least afford to pay them.” That leaves them with skyrocketing costs that they cannot pay and often results in them spending time in jail — not for the original offense, but for the simple fact that they are poor.
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Hank Kalet 