Criminal
Nov. 16, 2011
Counties eye Riverside's pay-for-incarceration proposal
California counties struggling to find creative ways to come up with revenue in the battered economy are keeping a close eye on a highly unusual move by Riverside County to make inmates foot the bill for their jail stays.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
RIVERSIDE - California counties struggling to find creative ways to generate revenue in the battered economy are keeping close tabs on a highly unusual move by Riverside County to make inmates foot the bill for their incarceration.
The measure, preliminarily approved by the Board of Supervisors Nov. 8 and expected to be formally adopted today, would establish a jail fee of $142.42 per day - th...
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