Submitted by Intelligent_Ship_431 t3_10ms9ai in pittsburgh
anonymouspoliticker t1_j65ju75 wrote
She was delinquent with paying 5k in electronic monitoring fees and the motion to detain got her to pay up. Nice job Zappala
PoorGuyCrypto t1_j6606gx wrote
"Monitoring fees" are immoral.
anonymouspoliticker t1_j6641m8 wrote
Why? It's an alternative to being in jail and it needs to be paid for somehow.
PoorGuyCrypto t1_j664dvi wrote
For the same reason we don't charge prisoners rent for being in prison.
The state imposes and enforces the law. The state can pay for it.
Monitoring fees, probation fees, and things of the like can prevent someone from getting their life together - and create new "crimes" out of not having enough money.
Being broke should NEVER be criminalized.
dropkickpa t1_j66tpzq wrote
69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j69ppgt wrote
Maybe Dawson and people like her are correct about what a shithole this nation is.
anonymouspoliticker t1_j6idt16 wrote
None of those are criminalizing being broke as they are all only applicable to people duly convicted by their peers. Criminalizing being broke would be like charging money for a public defender (but they are free). They owe a debt to society in a similar way that someone who parks in a fire line and gets ticketed does.
PoorGuyCrypto t1_j6ifnbv wrote
Fines and tickets are one-time fees based directly on the violation.
Charging someone a monthly "monitoring fee" in a system where people convicted of a crime can only get the lowest-paying jobs is completely immoral.
Charging them with further crimes for their inability to pay those monitoring fees is disgusting.
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