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| Illinois inmates increasingly sued by state to recoup incarceration costs |
| By theguardian.com- Joanna Walters |
| Published: 12/03/2015 |
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A growing number of former prison inmates in Illinois are being sued by the state to force them to pay a lump sum towards the cost of their incarceration, sometimes seeking many tens of thousands of dollars. The practice is the latest twist on the “pay-to-stay” trend across the US where part of the public burden of funding the criminal justice system is pushed back onto offenders. The Illinois department of corrections has an established practice of sanctioning lawsuits, which are actually served by the state attorney general’s office, against inmates sentenced to decades for the most serious crimes, in order to recoup some of the prison costs. But it has recently begun suing former prisoners who served shorter sentences for lesser offenses – particularly if the individual has received a windfall, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune. Read More. |
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