SPLC Deems Florida’s ‘Pay to Stay’ Fees from Inmates Unconstitutional

The Southern Poverty Law Center is calling the Florida Department of Corrections’ (FDC) efforts to collect more than half a million dollars from a prison inmate from Pasco County unconstitutional.

ABC Action News I-Team first began investigating Florida’s “pay to stay” law in April. The law allows the state to charge inmates $50 a day for the length of their prison sentence. Critics argue that this is an often life-long debt that only makes it more difficult for people to turn their lives around.

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