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    $9,999.98 Jail Bill for 'Housing', debunking the myth of U.S. jails part 2

    By king12555  |  Posted December 27, 2008  |  Burlington, Kentucky
     

     

    Reasonable fines and punishments. According to the U.S. constitution that is one right to which we U.S. citizens are entitled. How does $9,999.98 billed to a 20 year old for 8 months incarceration sound to you? Does it pass the level of reasonable?  I've attached the bill for any who care to peruse; you may have to download and zoom to read it.

     

     

     

     

    Admittance Date 12/22/2007. 'Release Date 9/1/2008. Total amount owed to Boone County Kentucky Jail for housing is $9,999.98. Minimum payment due no later than 10/28/2008 is $833.33. Any questions call 859-334-2216 between 8am-4pm EST.

     

     

     

     

    Per the bill, "By Kentucky state law these housing expenses are the obligation of the inmate who was confined at the Boone County Jail and are mandated to be paid within one year of the inmate's release from Boone County jail."

     

     

     

     

    Now mind you the inmate was transferred from Boone County jail to Kenton County jail and is not likely to be released anytime soon. He earned $9.00/hr at his last job, so even were he out and working, the jail bill is not something he has the ability to pay. Also pls. note that this jail bill accrued while the inmate was in jail awaiting trial because the inmate's bond was set too high to be affordable. He was in the Boone County jail all that time awaiting disposition of charges against him -- not actually having been convicted of any crime during the billing period.

     

     

     

     

    One last note, the inmate signed a paper prior to his transfer which said that his jail housing charges were $4,999.98, and these have somehow mysteriously become $5,000 more -- OOPS. Now, how did that happen?

     

     

     

     

    KRS Chapter 441 is referenced on the bill. Kentucky code gives the jails the right to charge unreasonable fines and punishments in violation of the U.S. Constitution. Read it and weep for your country. Kentucky is a Commonwealth. Federal Law does not apply here.

     

     

     

     

    Free ride? Don't think so. That is a hallucination of those who have not been paying attention.  I give you yet another glowing example of U.S. justice and the unpayable debt (literally) of the punishment society.

     

     

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