WA: standard legal financial obligations
Transparent Grid links to this NY Times article which mentions the many ways the State of Washington seeks to shake the pennies out of my clients:
Washington has one of the longest lists of fees assessed to criminals, and it is diligent in trying to collect them...
...$1,000 for a county "drug enforcement fund," a $500 "victim assessment fee" and $110 in court costs...
In Washington State, people convicted of certain crimes are also charged $100 so their DNA can be put in a database...
...even relatively small fees — $40 per session, say, for a court-ordered anger management class or $15 for a drug test — can have devastating consequences for people who emerge from prison with no money, credit or prospects, and who live in fear of being sent back for failing to pay...
Blood from a turnip, water from a stone...
1 Comment:
Hi my dad is incarserated in wa prinson and they are tryin to make him pay for all fees and intrest that has been added in the almost 22years hes been in there but i found a site that claims they can file a ch.7 and only have to pay the principle its prisontalk.com if anyone has any idea if this is true it would be helpfull
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