{"id":1675,"date":"2017-11-09T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T14:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/?p=1675"},"modified":"2017-11-08T09:14:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T15:14:55","slug":"poverty-penalties-in-the-u-s-penal-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/2017\/11\/09\/poverty-penalties-in-the-u-s-penal-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Poverty Penalties in the U.S. Penal System"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by Steve Snodgrass, Flickr CC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This past week, the Philadelphia Board of Pensions and Retirement <\/span>voted<\/span><\/a> to withdraw its investments in the for-profit prison industry. However, the prison industry depends on more than just investors to finance its operations. It also relies on <\/span>resources from defendants, inmates, and their families. Social science research demonstrates the far-reaching consequences of the penal systems\u2019s money leveraging strategies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Federal and state criminal justice agencies and correctional institutions charge defendants and inmates with the costs of arrest, prosecution, conviction, incarceration, and supervision. For example, fees include the cost of electronic monitoring and registration for people convicted of sex offenses. In some states, defendants pay for their hearings (court-fees). If found guilty, they also pay room-and-board fees while in prison (pay-to-stay fees). <\/span><\/h5>\n