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2011
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Inmate Fees as a Source of Revenue: Review of Challenges
Massachusetts. Executive Office of Public Safety and Security. Special Commission to Study the Feasibility of Establishing Inmate Fees (Boston, MA).
The impact of fees upon individuals incarcerated in correctional facilities in Massachusetts is investigated. Sections following an executive summary are: Committee membership and methodology; survey results; literature review of fee impact; summary of New York and Pennsylvania interviews; overview of other fees; and summary analysis. “Successful reentry, already a challenge, will become a greater challenge because additional fees will decrease the already limited savings and economic resources... Read More
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115 pages
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2010
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Alternatives to Custodial Supervision: The Day Fine
By Zedlewski, Edwin W..
National Institute of Justice (Washington, DC).
National Institute of Justice (Washington, DC).
This report is a great resource for the setting up of a day fine (an income-calibrated fine that the offender pays) criminal sanction process in your jurisdiction. This sanction is used instead of the far more costly direct supervision sentence that the taxpayer has to support. Sections of this paper include: introduction; introducing day fines in the criminal justice system; advantages of day fines; calculating day fines; descriptions of day fine systems; U.S. efforts to incorporate day fines; ... Read More
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12 p.
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2010
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Criminal Justice Debt: A Barrier to Reentry
By Bannon, Alicia; Nagrecha, Mitali; Diller, Rebekah.
New York University School of Law. Brennan Center for Justice (New York, NY).
“This report examines practices in the fifteen states with the highest prison populations, which together account for 60 percent of all state criminal filings. [The authors] focused primarily on the proliferation of “user fees,” financial obligations imposed not for any traditional purpose such as punishment, deterrence, or rehabilitation but rather to fund tight state budgets” (p. 1). Seven parts follow and executive summary; criminal justice debt is growing at an alarming rate across the U.S.;... Read More
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71 pages
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2010
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In For a Penny: The Rise of America's New Debtors' Prisons
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (New York, NY).
“This ACLU report presents the results of a yearlong investigation into modern-day "debtors' prisons," and shows that poor defendants are being jailed at increasingly alarming rates for failing to pay legal debts they can never hope to afford” (website). Following an executive summary is an assessment of the collection practices related to legal financial obligations (LFOs) for five states—Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Georgia, and Washington.... Read More
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92 pages
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2009
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Maryland's Parole Supervision Fee: A Barrier to Reentry
By Diller, Rebekah; Greene, Judith; Jacobs, Michelle.
Open Society Institute-New York. Reducing the Social and Economic Costs of Incarceration Program (New York, N); Abell Foundation (Baltimore, MD).
New York University School of Law. Brennan Center for Justice. Access to Justice Project (New York, NY).
The impact of charging a $40 per month fee to each parolee for their supervision in the community is examined. This report contains these sections: executive summary; introduction; methodology; most parolees are unable to pay the supervision fee; the parole supervision fee undercuts reentry efforts; very few exemptions granted; and recommendations. An appendix provides the text of the Maryland Parole Supervision Law.... Read More
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34 p.
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2005
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Fees Paid by Jail Inmates: Fee Categories, Revenues, and Management Perspectives in a Sample of U.S. Jails
By Krauth, Barbara; Stayton, Karin; Clem, Connie, ed..
National Institute of Corrections. Jails Division (Longmont, CO).
LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO).
Information regarding fees collected by U.S. jails for program participation and non-program services is presented. For each category of inmate fee, "a summary of the data on the extent to which responding agencies are collecting fees in the category, the number of agencies considering collecting fees in the category, and the total revenues reported by all respondents to this survey" is provided (p. 4). The most effective fee according to jail managers was the work release fee. The least effecti... Read More
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113 p.
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1999
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State Organizational Structures for Delivering Adult Probation Services
By Krauth, Barbara; Linke, Larry.
National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).
National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO).
Updating information provided in a 1993 NIC publication, this is the third study of adult probation sponsored by NIC since 1983. Sections include: current state of probation in the United States; changes in state structures for delivering adult probation services since 1993; profile of the delivery structure in each state; and three appendices with selected information from earlier studies.Twenty-six states deliver probation services through an agency within the department of corrections. Twenty... Read More
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97 p.
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1997
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Fees Paid by Jail Inmates: Findings from the Nation's Largest Jails
National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).
LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO); National Institute of Corrections. Jails Division (Longmont, CO).
This survey of large jails confirmed that the charging of inmate fees is prevalent and increasing. Inmates are most commonly charged fees for medical care and participation in work release programs. Other fees reported include per diem charges, services such as bonding, telephone use, and haircuts, and participation in programs such as weekend incarceration, electronic monitoring, or substance abuse treatment. The survey details data on fees imposed, revenues collected, and where the fees are cr... Read More
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22 p.
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1989
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New Strategies to Improve Probationers' Compliance with Economic Sanctions: A Field Study in Performance Feedback
By Wheeler, Gerald R.; Rudolph, Amy S..
National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).
Harris County Adult Probation Dept. (Houston, TX).
The effects of computer-generated performance feedback on fee collections are examined, and policy implications are discussed. Includes bibliography.... Read More
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27 p.
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1989
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Economic Sanctions in Perspective: Do Probationers' Characteristics Affect Fee Assessment, Payment, and Outcome?
By Wheeler, Gerald R.; Rudolph, Amy S.; Hissong, Rodney V..
National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).
Harris County Adult Probation Dept. (Houston, TX).
"Specific policy recommendations in the areas of financial screening, administrative procedure to improve monitoring and evaluation of fees, and alternatives to economic sanctions for the financially disadvantaged are offered."--Author's abstract modified. Includes bibliography.... Read More
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22 p.
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1989
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Feasibility Study for Implementation of Probation Supervisory Fees
By Green, Richard; Happmann, Gerald; Franken, John.
National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).
Wyoming Dept. of Probation and Parole (Cheyenne, Wy).
The study focuses on six areas: (1) Judicial support; (2) Agent support; (3) Flexibility in assessment and collection of fees; (4) Disbursement of revenues; (5) Potential revenue sources; and (6) Cost to collect.... Read More
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20 p.
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1988
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Economic Sanctions in Community Corrections
By Mullaney, Fahy G..
National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).
National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).
Development of policy and practice to guide the use of economic sanctions is the main focus of this paper. Economic sanctions will have a dramatic financial impact on offenders, so the establishment of a fair policy to control the use of fees is important.... Read More
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30 p.
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1986
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Fees for Probation Services
By Baird, S. Christopher; Holien, Douglas A.; Bakke, Audrey J..
National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).
National Council on Crime and Delinquency (Madison, WI); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).
This document discusses issues such as revenue potential, positive and negative impacts of fees, and policy options for fee operations.... Read More
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37 p.
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1986
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Projecting Probation Fee Revenues: a Revenue Projection Model for Agencies based on Local Policies and Demographic Data (Draft)
By Baird, S. Christopher; Holien, Douglas A.; Bakke, Audrey J..
National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).
National Council on Crime and Delinquency (Madison, WI).
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1986
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Management Strategies for Probation in an Era of Limits
By Harlow, Nora; Nelson, E. Kim.
National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).
University of Southern California. School of Public Administration (Los Angeles, CA); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC).
Reflecting change in resources, mission, problems, and strategies since the original monograph was written in 1982, this edition addresses: the importance of context; managing the transition to fiscal limits; upgrading information and involving staff; allocating scarce resources; expanding resources; building constituencies and networks; knowledge transfer; and action research.... Read More
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156 p.
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