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Tired of the Guilt, Fugitives Line Up to Give Up

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

November 24, 2008 Tired of the Guilt, Fugitives Line Up to Give Up By KAREEM FAHIM CAMDEN, N.J. ? A church served as the police station house, and central booking was set up in a community center. An apartment building for the elderly doubled as the courthouse. And though many of the hundreds of people who lined up in the cold last Thursday were fugitives from the law, the authorities said most of them would not be sent to prison. That still didn?t calm all the nerves. ?I got my long johns on in case they lock me up,? said a 34-year-old man who gave only his first name, Anthony. He owed thousands of dollars in parking tickets. Last week, Camden became the 12th city in the country to hold a federal program that encourages primarily nonviolent fugitives to surrender, promising them at best a clean slate, and usually a favorable hearing by a judge...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on November 24, 2008 (boomark / email).