California DOC tries to take more of prisoner's money

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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