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MA: Bill passed in House on charging prisons up to $5 a day in Jails

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Barbara Dougan of MA FAMM writes that the bill passed is for jails only NOT prisons and jails....maybe half as bad as reported in the press. Call your Senators and tell them NO! Amendment 26, AS PASSED: Representative Poirier of North Attleboro, Mr. Jones of North Reading, Mr. Peterson of Grafton, Mr. Hill of Ipswich, and Mr. deMacedo of Plymouth move to amend the bill by inserting, after section 27 (as printed), the following section: ?SECTION XX. Chapter 127 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after section 48A, the following section:- Section 48B. The sheriffs for the various counties may institute a schedule of fees and assess said fees to inmates in their custody as follows:- A daily cost of custodial care fee not to exceed $5; A medical sick call visit fee not related to a condition pre-existing at the time of incarceration not to exceed $5; A dental sick call visit fee not to exceed $5; A pair of prescription eyeglasses fee not to exceed$5; A pharmacy prescription fee not to exceed $3 per prescription...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 02, 2010 (boomark / email).