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May 10, 2007
RI: "Court Debt and Related Incarceration in Rhode Island"
Just released by the Rhode Island Family Life Center, "Court Debt and Related Incarceration in Rhode Island". This report details the process of assessing and collecting court fees, including the related period of incarceration. It concludes that the most common reason for putting someone in jail in RI is for court debt, and that in many cases that process costs the state more than the individual owed.
http://www.ri-familylifecenter.org/pagetool/reports/CourtDebt.pdf
Posted by lois at May 10, 2007 10:08 PM