What, you think that's bad?? You can also be charged fees for being a defendant in criminal court, and for being in jail. And can be sent (back) to jail for no

What, you think that's bad?? You can also be charged fees for being a defendant in criminal court, and for being in jail. And can be sent (back) to jail for not (being able to) pay(ing) those fees. I found out about jail fees a while back from an election website for one of our local politicians... but I don't recall if they wanted to lower the fees because they're unjust and hard on the poor, or raise them to help pay for things. . A few relevant search results: http://www.npr.org/2014/05/19/312158516/increasing-court-fees-punish-the-poor http://www.npr.org/2014/05/19/312158516/increasing-court-fee... http://nation.time.com/2013/08/21/welcome-to-prison-will-you-be-paying-cash-or-credit/ http://nation.time.com/2013/08/21/welcome-to-prison-will-you... http://www.mccrackencountyjailer.com/$_fees.htm http://www.mccrackencountyjailer.com/$_fees.htm http://www.co.langlade.wi.us/sheriffjailfees.htm http://www.co.langlade.wi.us/sheriffjailfees.htm