National Center for Law and Economic Justice Fights Excessive Fines and Fees
December 01, 2020
December 01, 2020
NEW YORK, Dec. 1 -- The National Center for Law and Economic Justice issued the following news:
Over the past several decades, state and local governments have increasingly relied on fines, fees, and forfeitures to generate revenue for public programs--a form of economic injustice that disproportionately harms low-income Black, Brown, and immigrant individuals who have little to no financial safety net. Fines, fees, and forfeitures can jumpstart and balloon vicious cycles of debt, u . . .
Over the past several decades, state and local governments have increasingly relied on fines, fees, and forfeitures to generate revenue for public programs--a form of economic injustice that disproportionately harms low-income Black, Brown, and immigrant individuals who have little to no financial safety net. Fines, fees, and forfeitures can jumpstart and balloon vicious cycles of debt, u . . .