Upgrade your jail cell - for a price
www.latimes.com
In what is commonly called “pay-to-stay” or “private jail,” a constellation of small city jails — at least 26 of them in Los Angeles and Orange counties — open their doors to defendants who can afford the option.
  • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
    76·
    3 days ago

    There was a weird thing in England that if you were found not guilty and released from prison, you’d have to pay the prison boarding costs because you had no right to be there in the first place

    • yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de
      22·
      2 days ago

      Same thing for Germany.

      Someone is currently suing the Bavarian government for 750,000€ for 13 years of wrong imprisonment (he only received 400,000€ in damages, or 75€ per day).

      Now the government is demanding 100,000€ back - 50,000€ for food and accomodation and 50,000€ for the total wage he received from mandatory prison labor.

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
      46·
      3 days ago

      If I saw an article with the title

      UK man has $80,000 room and board bill from prison after being found not guilty of murder.

      I’d be looking to see if it was from the onion.

    • Random Dent@lemmy.mlEnglish
      12·
      2 days ago

      The US does this too!

      Washington may be the most expensive state to be behind bars, as it charges up to $100 per day just for room and board, according to Lauren-Brooke Eisen, senior counsel at New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice. Maine, which charges around $80 per day, may be the second most expensive, she added, but it’s not clear because many states don’t report the exact amounts. “Most states don’t provide the exact amount; they call for ‘full cost of incarceration’ or ‘a reasonable amount,'” Eisen told Truthdig. “In reality, these states which don’t provide real numbers may demand the steepest already very difficult for people with a criminal record to get a job, even if they committed a nonviolent crime, so steep fees can add to their struggles,” she said.

      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 day ago

        Also the idea that we as the taxpayers shouldn’t be paying for incarceration is ridiculous. We need to bear these costs to ensure we’re incentivized to minimize overincarceration

      • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        It’s ridiculous. I’d say you should be the one paid compensation (although I think it is usually deducted from compensation you are awarded by the court anyway, but still ridiculous that they have the audacity)

    • XIIIesq@lemmy.world
      17·
      3 days ago

      I’ve lived in the UK my whole life and I’ve never heard of this. I’m going to have to ask for a source because it really does sound like an urban myth.