Should Prisoners Foot the Bill for Time Behind Bars?

By: Import User

Updated: January 7, 2009

The prison population is growing and taxpayers are paying the bill. Now lawmakers in some states are considering a controversial new plan. Oklahoma inmates would be forced to pay the state for their time behind bars. Former prisoners say forcing inmatest to pay would cost the state more in the long-run. They say finding steady jobs is tough enough and that the pressure that would come with thousands of dollars of debt could force some former inmates to go back to their bad habits.

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