People of Massachusetts Stand Against "Pay-to-Stay" Policies in County Jails
Dear Massachusetts State Senators and Representatives:We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned about Amendment 26 as passed in the House proposed budget. This amendment will force prisoners in county... continue reading »
"read Slavery by Another Name by Doug Blackmon, a Wall St. Journal reporter to see the horrible antecedents of this kind of practice"
"come on, really?"
"If prisons are too expensive then there needs to be alternatives to incarceration NOT a system to force people to pay for their imprisonment!!"
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"This idea is fundamentally unjust and fails to look at inmates as people. Not all crimes are the same. People already cannot get jobs once they leave prison. How can the desperation of being in debt for having been in prison and jobless help society? Pove"
"We do not need a debtor's prison."
"Please vote to end this unfair outrageous tax on poor people."
"I oppose Amendment 26. Please don't pass it."
