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Maryland: Parole Supervision Fee Likely Does More Harm than Good
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2010
by Bob Williams
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2010, page 29
In a 2009 report by the Brennan Center for Justice, a think tank and public interest advocacy group at New York University School of Law, the authors conclude that the state of Maryland’s assessment of a $40 monthly parole supervision fee is “a penny-wise, pound-foolish policy” that likely does more ...
Filed under:
Statistics/Trends,
Parole Conditions,
Money/Property,
Booking Fees.
Location:
Maryland.
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