41 states charge prisoners rent. Florida bills you for time you don't serve.
One Black woman got hit with a $127,000 bill for a seven-year sentence she didn't finish. She served 10 months. They charged her $50 a day for all 2,555 days anyway.
This is how the system works: they lock you up, charge you to be locked up, then keep charging you for days you're not there. It's not punishment. It's just extraction.
A prison charging for rent and utilities is insane
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