Breaking the law or being accused of breaking the law is going to cost you some of your own duckees in 2012 in several states. The budgets for jails and prisons have been cut so drastically that the facilities are asking you to foot your won bill of incarceration. This is a direct result of the mortgage fraud that has plagued the country and the numerous foreclosures and the fact that American citizens are unable to contribute tot he taxes needed to support incarceration services.
Per the New York Times – For offenders whose crimes are usually relatively minor (carjackers should not bother) and whose bank accounts remain lofty, a dozen or so city jails across the state offer pay-to-stay upgrades. Theirs are a clean, quiet, if not exactly recherché alternative to the standard county jails, where the walls are bars, the fellow inmates are hardened and privileges are few. CLICK HERE to read more of the story.
Average Americans are speaking out and protesting the Prison Industrial Complex. If you are being asked to foot the own bill in order to pay for state and city assigned punishments, it would only make sense to choose to pay for education instead of incarceration. CLICK HERE to read more of the story.
