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  2. Criminal-justice financial obligations in the United States

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    The outstanding debt may be subject to interest rates as high as 12% in Washington state or 15% in California. In Florida, collection fees may be assessed up to 40% of the total value of the amount owed, and in 1994, Arizona added a "felony surcharge" amounting to 83% of the original amount of debt imposed by courts.

  3. Pay-to-stay (imprisonment) - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, pay-to-stay is the practice of charging prisoners for their accommodation in jails.The practice is controversial and can result in large debts being accumulated by prisoners who are then unable to repay the debt following their release, preventing them from successfully reintegrating in society once released.

  4. Close prisons, save money. There’s a simple solution to ...

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    Prison staff must potentially relocate to another facility, meaning closing a prison requires careful planning to relocate inmates and ensure that adequate care and services are provided at the ...

  5. Opinion: California has a $38-billion deficit. So why are we ...

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    California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office anticipates a surplus of 20,000 state prison beds by 2027. Closing 10 state prisons could save billions to address fiscal challenges and ...

  6. California Prison Industry Authority - Wikipedia

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    The goods and services produced by CALPIA's enterprises are sold predominately to departments of the State of California, as well as to other government entities. CDCR is CALPIA's largest customer and accounted for 59.2% of sales in FY 2016-17. Other state customers include: Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Department of State Hospitals (DSH)

  7. California prison inmates to get some Medicaid care - AOL

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government will allow Medicaid dollars to treat some people in prisons, jails or juvenile detention The post California prison inmates to get some Medicaid care ...

  8. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

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    The prison ship housed 30 inmates who subsequently constructed San Quentin State Prison, which opened in 1852 with approximately 68 inmates. [5] Since 1852, the department has activated thirty-one prisons across the state. CDCR's history dates back to 1912, when the agency was called California State Detentions Bureau.

  9. A California lawyer cashed in on criminal justice reform by ...

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    About one in every three inmates in the state prison system — more than 30,000 people — was convicted in L.A., and Gascón had campaigned on reducing mass incarceration.