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Very weird that I am so old and have literally never heard this mentioned in a TV show or book or movie or anything.

In four out of five states, if you go to prison, you are literally paying for the time you spend there.

As you can guess, this results in crippling debt as soon as you’re released.

The county gets back a fraction of what they hold over your head the rest of your life until you commit suicide(or die naturally and peacefully with the sword of damocles hanging over your head).

$20-$80 a day according to Rutgers.

Counties apparently sue people and employ wage garnishment to get back the money that majority of people obviously cannot pay back.

https://www.rutgers.edu/news/states-unfairly-burdening-incarcerated-people-pay-stay-fees

        • I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
          8·
          7 months ago

          Rich people never pay what they owe, especially if they owe it to the gov’t. Unlike poor people, the police doesn’t knock on their door to get the money.

        • jkrtn@lemmy.mlEnglish
          6·
          7 months ago

          Did Donald file for personal bankruptcy or did a Donald business file for bankruptcy? It might be like stealing: legal and cool if you are a corporation and the victims are poors.

          • Audacious@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            3·
            7 months ago

            Corporations have more rights than the people, and rich people hide behind their companies. So, without looking it up, I’m guessing trump business.

    • Trollception@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      16·
      7 months ago

      Bankruptcy isn’t a bad option if you don’t have any credit or have bad credit already. You can turn things around in a couple of months. Also I am unaware of employers performing a credit check as a basis for employment.

      • ainokea@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        7 months ago

        Depends on the company. Background checks can include credit checks. Any job with money or security clearance will check credit and large employers sometimes do as well.

        • acockworkorange@mander.xyzEnglish
          3·
          7 months ago

          Wait, are you unironically advocating for people not to declare bankruptcy after leaving prison with crippling debt?

            • acockworkorange@mander.xyzEnglish
              3·
              7 months ago

              I’m saying it shouldn’t be necessary in the first place.

              Well no shit. Nobody’s defending this. Dude’s proposing something to help while legislation is in this shit state.

              Just declare bankruptcy bro! Is a very tone deaf response to what is essentially bonded labor.

              You need to get out of your own head if you think that was a response. No one’s out to get you.

      • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
        1·
        7 months ago

        I interned at a bank and they do a credit check as a standard step for hiring someone. I also overheard HR at that bank talking about how they should stop running credit checks before hiring people because they can’t use the info from that for anything and it just costs money to run the credit check