How Much Would You Have To Be Paid To Spend A Year In Prison?

[Gut4Tennis]

When Innocent People Go To Prison, States Pay

Suppose you spent five years in prison for a crime you didn't commit. How much does the government owe you?

Over the past few decades, the rise of DNA exonerations has made this a more pressing question. And many states have created explicit policies to answer it.

But those policies vary wildly from state to state.

Twenty-one states provide no money — though people who are exonerated can sue for damages. Twelve states and the District of Columbia award damages on a case-by-case basis. Another 17 states pay a fixed amount per year of imprisonment.

And among states that pay a fixed amount per year, there's a huge range of payments.

Several states and the federal government offer $50,000 per year for people wrongly convicted in federal court. Why is that such a common figure?

Federal payments were set by a law passed a decade ago. At that time, Alabama had the highest compensation at $50,000 per year, so the feds simply decided to match that, according to Stephen Saloom, policy director at the Innocence Project. Other states may have followed the lead of the federal government.

"There doesn't seem to be any other rationale behind the number," said Paul Cates, also at the Innocence Project.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/06/16/320356084/when-innocent-people-go-to-prison-states-pay

 

[Gut4Tennis]

Personally if I would not get at least 200k a year it would be a disgrace.

Most states pay just 50k a year for wrongly convicted

 

[Gut4Tennis]

On a positive side you would most likely be in great physical shape when you get out.

 

[SoBad]

On a positive side you would most likely be in great physical shape when you get out.

I think it depends. Free housing, meals, and gym access might be a windfall for some, but a greedy criminal like Khodorkovskly would probably feel entitled to more than 200K/yr.

 

[Sentinel]

On a positive side you would most likely be in great physical shape when you get out.

I am a bit surprised when i see movies that show prisons having heavy weights for convicts to do body-building.

Why is that provided ? Isn't that dangerous, doesn't it make handling convicts more difficult ?

 

[Gut4Tennis]

I am a bit surprised when i see movies that show prisons having heavy weights for convicts to do body-building.

Why is that provided ? Isn't that dangerous, doesn't it make handling convicts more difficult ?

hahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

you're being serious??

 

[Steady Eddy]

I am a bit surprised when i see movies that show prisons having heavy weights for convicts to do body-building.

Why is that provided ? Isn't that dangerous, doesn't it make handling convicts more difficult ?

That's how our sheriff looked at it, so our 'tent city' prison doesn't offer weights. Also, no coffee, the only television is the food channel.

 

[Mr.Lob]

When Innocent People Go To Prison, States Pay

Suppose you spent five years in prison for a crime you didn't commit. How much does the government owe you?

Over the past few decades, the rise of DNA exonerations has made this a more pressing question. And many states have created explicit policies to answer it.

But those policies vary wildly from state to state.

Twenty-one states provide no money — though people who are exonerated can sue for damages. Twelve states and the District of Columbia award damages on a case-by-case basis. Another 17 states pay a fixed amount per year of imprisonment.

And among states that pay a fixed amount per year, there's a huge range of payments.

Several states and the federal government offer $50,000 per year for people wrongly convicted in federal court. Why is that such a common figure?

Federal payments were set by a law passed a decade ago. At that time, Alabama had the highest compensation at $50,000 per year, so the feds simply decided to match that, according to Stephen Saloom, policy director at the Innocence Project. Other states may have followed the lead of the federal government.

"There doesn't seem to be any other rationale behind the number," said Paul Cates, also at the Innocence Project.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/06/16/320356084/when-innocent-people-go-to-prison-states-pay

People with a history of criminal behavior should be given nothing. The truely innocent... anywhere from $25k to $250k.

 

[Bartelby]

It should be at least twice the median wage for lost income and double that for non-pecuniary loss.

That must be around a quarter of a million a year.

 

[stringertom]

On a positive side you would most likely be in great physical shape when you get out.

Don't drop your soap in the shower!

 

[Kobble]

I don't think I would take a year jail, period. Maybe at 55, for retirement money but taking jail time for anyone under 40 and healthy is moronic.

 

[victorcruz]

Me a year in prison? No thanks, not even $10 million to get ***** over and over. I am a prettyboy, which is not a good thing in jail :lol:

 

[Dedans Penthouse]

(didn't click on the links)

With or without cable TV and conjugal visits?

 

[sureshs]

Depends on whether there is a tennis court on premises

 

[Chico]

Why would anyone want to spend a year in jail?
No money can give you back one year of your life.

 

[ollinger]

A guy I knew was on the tennis team at Bucknell in the late 60s and early 70s. Each year they'd play inmates from Lewisburg Penitentiary as a community service. He played Jimmy Hoffa. He said Hoffa cheated.