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Court Fees Called ‘Another Layer of Punishment’ for Rural Poor

The Crime Report

Nationwide, research over the last decade has documented how skyrocketing court fines and fees cause harm to those least able to pay them, and make future justice involvement more likely. Mostly white and rural states like Idaho regularly impose substantial monetary sanctions on people without the means to pay them.”.

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