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No Free Lunch
Loaded on June 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1996, page 10
Most readers are aware of the growing practice of charging prisoners and jail detainees a fee for medical services. Two southern jurisdictions have introduced what may be the next wave - charging for meals.
Filed under:
Conditions of Confinement,
Food,
Seizure of Prisoner Funds.
Locations:
Florida,
Michigan.
Sheriff Bobby Knowles of the St. Lucie County Jail in Fort Pierce, Fla. announced that he ...
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