2007-02-21 22:12:14 · 14 answers · asked by loveleelife 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
definitely. more than lost opportunities and lost income, there are instances when civil damages may have been awarded against the inmate and in favor of the victim. other than that, maybe the costs of the suit / litigation.
2007-02-21 22:20:06 · answer #1 · answered by saberlingo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if they were working before going. Or all the manual labor and upkeep of the prison in just being given to the lucky, that pays for the cost of living and more. Making pennies a day in jail, is also a lot less than what one can make on the street, whether legally or not.
2007-02-22 06:35:26 · answer #2 · answered by nassim420 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. When you go to prison you get paid. Jail is usually where you go when you are awaiting trial or when you have a short sentence. If there is a fine involved, that will be included in the sentencing. Usually jailbirds are paid some tiny amount per day for the duration of their stay. The best thing to do is not go to jail so you don't have such a poor income. Good luck!!
2007-02-22 06:21:54 · answer #3 · answered by roritr2005 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends where you live. In Florida the Sheriff has a right to charge a subsistence fee and he can go after your money in the bank or take your property to pay for your stay in jail. I don't think they enforce it since most of the inmates neither own property nor have bank accounts. The county I live in charges something in the range of $2.00 a day. Where I work the only fee is the booking fee of $10.00 and that was only recently implemented.
2007-02-22 14:27:38 · answer #4 · answered by Bob T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! From the moment that person enters the justice system (i.e. committing the crime, arrest and process, jail and trial time and then prison), the saps who pay the bills (tax payers) cover the cost.
Just think about it this way, it's bad enough that others have to pay the cost of a society that will not punish criminals the proper way (i.e. longer jail and or prison terms and cost to only that persons family), the person who was victimized is paying twice (the victim of the crime and if he or she is a tax payer, he or she is paying to prosecute and house this criminal).
Nice system we have, but one I work in.
2007-02-22 07:17:43 · answer #5 · answered by Allen P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it doesn't cost the person anything at all except a lot of time and his/her life.
When one goes to jail, all the expenses for that person are cared for by the government.
Only the life gets wasted and also the time which one can never re-gain.
2007-02-22 06:17:22 · answer #6 · answered by srinivasan7386 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well I dont know where some of these people live but in the state of Michigan you do pay for staying in jail. The counties charge each prisoner a flat fee for each day.
NOT FOR PRISON- just in the county jails!
2007-02-22 07:55:32 · answer #7 · answered by elaeblue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some jails and prisons charge a fee for housing an inmate.
2007-02-22 07:55:18 · answer #8 · answered by duc602 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In some countys in the U.S. you must pay to be in prison, I know the ones around here in Pa. you have to pay $10 a day
2007-02-22 07:05:57 · answer #9 · answered by billy b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, this is a cost to the contributor's. he gets paid for the job he does in prison. How do you like?
2007-02-22 06:23:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋