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Massachusetts sets out to bill prison inmates for room and board

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Massachusetts sets out to bill prison inmates for room and board By JOHN P. KELLY The Patriot Ledger Posted May 08, 2010 @ 10:47 AM Mike Fralick walked out of prison ``dead broke'' in December, he said, determined to find work, stay sober, and put a life of crime behind him. His two-year debt to society is repaid. An $8-an-hour kitchen job is helping him repay $3,200 to his parents. At the thought that prisoners might soon face a $5-a-day debt to the state, Fralick shook his head. ``What an awful idea,'' the 46-year-old said Thursday as he walked from a Quincy parole office to a nearby halfway house where he lives. ``Where do they think we?ll get the money?'' A year behind bars in Massachusetts could soon cost inmates more than 365 days of freedom...continue to full post

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