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Maryland's Parole Supervision Fee: A Barrier to Reentry

Date:
March 2009
Source:
Brennan Center for Justice
Author:
Rebekah Diller, Judith Greene, and Michelle Jacobs

Maryland's practice of charging persons on parole $40 a month for their supervision does little to raise state revenue, while undercutting public safety by burdening parolees with debt that they cannot pay.  In Maryland's Parole Supervision Fee: A Barrier to Reentry, the Brennan Center for Justice finds that the vast majority of persons on parole are unemployed and unable to pay the fee. Under Maryland law, many should be exempt from the fee but the system for granting exemptions is largely broken.

The report was funded by the Open Society Institute-Baltimore and the Abell Foundation.

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New Report About Maryland’s Harmful Parole Fees to Be Released at OSI-Baltimore Forum
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Maryland’s policy of charging parolees for their supervision creates an unjustified risk of recidivism and should be abolished, according to a report to be launched at a forum sponsored by the Open Society Institute-Baltimore.

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