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| Arizona Begins Charging for Prison Visits |
| By allgov.com - Noel Brinkerhoff |
| Published: 09/06/2011 |
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Visiting inmates in Arizona will now require a $25 background check fee, making the state the first in the nation to require such an expense. Wendy Baldo, chief of staff for the Arizona Senate, admitted that the money raised from the new fee will not actually pay for background checks, but will be used instead for maintenance of state prisons. But that fact hasn’t calmed prisoner advocates who are incensed over charging family members to visit relatives. David Fathi, director of the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, called the fee “mind-boggling.” He added that it may deter people from visiting prisoners, which could have a detrimental effect on inmate reform. Read More. |
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This is a good idea somehow, but I don't every visitor can afford to pay for it, since most of them are poor. Anyhow, the new $25 jail visit charge in Arizona will be going to the basic fund, unless an advocacy group suit progresses. Source of article: $25 prison visit fee in Arizona leads to lawsuit.