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| Wealthy N.J. inmates may soon pick up prison tab |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 10/25/2004 |
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New Jersey's wealthiest inmates may soon have to pay the cost of their incarceration. The Assembly's Law and Public Safety Committee approved the measure last Thursday. It would require white-collar criminals and other rich inmates serving time in state prisons to pay the estimated $28,000 a year it takes to keep them locked up. The "pay-to-stay" legislation would affect about 1 percent of the state's 27,000 inmates. The average prisoner remains in state prison for about two years and two months. Funds collected from the inmates would be filtered back into the prison system to help finance rehabilitation programs. |
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