To MIM and all other parties concerned in the California Prison System. It has recently been brought to my attention that the CDC will be holding a meeting on Jan 14, to decide on a proposal to raise our already too high restitution from 22% to 33% effective immediately with an increase to 55% by July 4th 2004! As the current circumstances already stand at 22%, if our families send us a money order for, lets say for example, $50, after the CDC finishes punishing our families, we're left with $39. Now once it's raised to 55%, if our loved ones send us, for example, $100, once again after the CDC pulls its hand out of our families pockets, we'll be left with $45. Not only is it already appalling and absolutely immoral to punish our families for our convictions at 22%, any amount for that matter, but to raise it to 55% is sickening! This issue needs to be addressed at all levels and opposed from all directions and means collectively! We can start by directing our opposition to the address below.
--a prisoner in California, December 2002
Being a resident of this dungeon I feel it my duty to bring it to your attention a new development concerning "Inmate Restitution". Currently we have deducted from monies on our inmate accounts 22%. 20% for restitution and CDC charges us 10% of that 20% for "administrative fees." Which totals 22%. A proposal was put out November 22nd to raise this percentage to 33% and by 2004 to 55%. If I was to get $100 put on my account I would only get $45 in the end. That is insane, especially since the majority of individuals get allowances of maybe $20 a month.
The icing on the cake is the 10% administrative fees that CDC deducts in addition to the 20%. No wonder they would emphatically support the perpetual increase of the percentage of restitution to its max of 50% because instead of $20 of every $100 they will now get $50 if the proposal is passed.
--a second prisoner in California, December 2002
Protests of the new Inmate Restitution proposal can be sent to:
Rick Grenz, Chief Regulation and Policy Management Branch
Department of Corrections
PO Box 942883
Sacramento, CA 94283
Phone: 916-322-9702
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