Rutgers: States Unfairly Burdening Incarcerated People With 'Pay-to-Stay' Fees
November 21, 2020
November 21, 2020
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Nov. 21 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news:
Pay-to-stay, the practice of charging people to pay for their own jail or prison confinement, is being enforced unfairly by using criminal, civil and administrative law, according to a new Rutgers University-New Brunswick led study.
The study, published in the Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, finds that charging pay-to-stay fees is triggered by criminal justice contact . . .
Pay-to-stay, the practice of charging people to pay for their own jail or prison confinement, is being enforced unfairly by using criminal, civil and administrative law, according to a new Rutgers University-New Brunswick led study.
The study, published in the Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, finds that charging pay-to-stay fees is triggered by criminal justice contact . . .