...Chris Albin-Lackey The US Department of Justice’s investigation into the Ferguson, MO police department blew the lid off of a hidden, nationwide scandal. Too many police departments and courts all over the country were using predatory fines and fees to extract wealth from their communities’ poorest...

.... All rights reserved. 2022 fines fees recidivism legal financial obligations criminal justice debt prisoner reentry Is There a Link Between Criminal Debt and Recidivism in Reentry? NATHAN W. LINK* Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University Camden I. Introduction...

...Katelyn J. B. King; Amber Petkus; Ebony L. Ruhland Every state relies on fines and fees to defray the costs of community supervision, and many rely on a combination of monetary sanctions and government aid to operate these programs. Texas is one such state that designs their system to provide...

... fees debt collateral consequences monetary sanctions life-course indigent defendants ability to pay Financial Sanctions in Pennsylvania: An Examination of Assessed Amounts and Repayment by Indigent Status JEFFREY T. WARD* Temple University NATHAN W. LINK Rutgers University Camden I...

... incarceration specifically, propelled a staggering increase in criminal justice debt. Unlike the state laws to which the Kelly v. Robinson court deferred, today’s revenue-generating fines and fees practices actually undermine public safety by distorting law enforcement priorities. They deter rehabilitation...

... personal history to explore the different financial pressure points used in the criminal legal system: the ecosystem of cash bail, fines, and fees. It outlines differences in the ways such pressure is applied depending on a defendant’s economic standing, and argues that it amounts to a form of coercion...

...Maria Katarina E. Rafael; Chris Mai In criminal courts across the country, judges assess a variety of fines, fees and other legal financial obligations (LFOs) that many defendants struggle to pay. This paper provides a summary of the authors’ longer empirical article that examines...

...Jordan M. Hyatt; Nathan W. Link Financial and monetary obligations, a class of sanctions that includes fines, restitution, and a range of fees, are increasingly recognized as playing a significant role in the operation of the justice system, the lives of the people against whom they are levied...