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FL: Bill would assess $3,300 fee for people using GPS monitors

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Mar. 31, 2009 Fla. bill would make monitors pricey for offenders By JESSICA GRESKO Miami Herald Offenders sentenced to wear ankle bracelets would have to pay for their own monitoring, up to about $3,300 a year, under a bill Florida lawmakers advanced Tuesday. The provision could save the state up to $5 million a year and is supported by the Department of Corrections. At least eight other states, including neighboring Georgia, require offenders to pay for some or all monitoring costs, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. "The idea is that all of our punishment is geared toward making sure the person pays back his debt to society, and I think that's what this seeks to do," said Department of Corrections head Walter McNeil...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on April 02, 2009 (boomark / email).