Also, Ed, I have an attorney that I will be discussing this $55/day charge with. I have make a note to let you know if I find out anything about legal challenges.

It could have been as long as a year ago that I googled something such as: Rick Scott makes it so that Florida state prison inmates pay $55/day for their incarceration. An article came up about a similar policy in another state being challenged in court and the judge said it was all legal. Unfortunately, I cannot find the article now. I did find the following, though:

https://truthout.org/articles/fighting-the-fees-that-force-prisoners-to-pay-for-their-incarceration/

If you go through the whole article you will see “courts have supported these fees because they’ve said they are ‘administrative'”.

Further down you will see: “Prison officials seemed to go after people who could pay and identified targets through financial disclosure forms, mail, bank or brokerage statements. All prisoners sued by DOC since 2010 had at least $10,000 in assets. In other words, the DOC was targeting the prisoners to pay for mass incarceration.” This occurred in Illinois, but there is a similar situation in Florida. They do target you. I have read that Florida will put a lien on your home, take away your driver’s license, can take control of your checking account, etc. If you have not a dime to your name, they will leave you alone (as they should).

JZ is very good at finding links to legal information. I am going to see if he is able to look for a lawsuit that was filed challenging this fee for room and board in what is pure hell and definitely involuntary. I read where the head of the union in south Florida for state prison guards said that Florida prisons are nothing more than modern-day dungeons.

Because this post was so long ago, JZ might not see this, so I will try putting it on a more recent FAC post.

Sarah, What entity challenged it? What State and what did the Court say? Let me know if you have this information. Thanks.

Thank you so very much for what you are doing. I will be praying fervently for you.

For B, if you are able to do so, I would contact the Florida Action Committee about some good attorneys in Florida who specialize in this sort of thing. No attorney can know everything. That is why it is so important to hire an attorney who specializes in what you need. I know that you have probably given too much money to your current attorney already and will need to stick with him.

That is the biggest issue for everyone–the money to pay for the necessary legal challenges. If we could afford to challenge everyone of the state statutes, municipal ordinances, and the registry itself, we would find ourselves living in a better state.

Thanks to Rick Scott, we will be having to pay just under $37,000 when my husband is released. Scott saw to it that Florida judges can charge people who are incarcerated $55/day. I do not think most judges are doing that, but they are allowed to do so now. I would gladly take that money and challenge this procedure in court, but some entity has already done so somewhere in the nation, and the court upheld it. I would rather see an attorney get the money than FDOC.

Our challenge is FACIAL and AS APPLIED

So your challenge is an “applied Challenge”?

B, I have a friend that is going through the very same thing in Daytona. The ACLU of Michigan filed a lawsuit against the SORA laws. The new additions are Ex Post Facto and violate the 1st Amendment. These are additional punishments made to make our lives miserable and are a violation of our Constitutional rights. Additional punishment can not be added after a sentence has been served and adjudicated. If it is unconstitutional in Michigan, it is unconstitutional here. I met with an attorney today and he is going to get the ball rolling for me.

I thought of a good example of how Florida is being Hypocrites. When I was 19, they raised the drinking age to 21 but I /we got to still booze it up because they said we had already been able.
On the other hand, my crime was from 1992 when no one had ever heard of a registry. They said after 1997 everyone had to be on it, then they made it worse and went back to I think anyone living that had ever had a sex related crime had to register.

The state does what they want and challenges anyone with enough money to prove them wrong. Then getting a judge who will put aside their feelings and just rule on the law and what is right and wrong , well that is another thing all together.

You are 1000% correct.

Ah ok. Thank you for the clarity. I appreciate all you do.