Template:Did you know nominations/Criminal justice financial obligations


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:45, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

Criminal justice financial obligations

 * ... that fees and penalties charged as part of criminal justice financial obligations may lead to the justice system becoming both a cause and consequence of poverty?
 * Source 1: Criminal justice involvement, then, is recognized as both consequence and cause of poverty. However, because the prevalence and consequences of monetary sanctions have not been systematically explored, the extent to which penal expansion contributes to inequality, and the full array of mechanisms by which it does so, has not been fully recognized.
 * Source 2: The short- and long-term prospects for people who are formerly incarcerated or under supervision are also negatively affected by the interest that accrues on criminal justice debt as well as the fees and penalties for delinquent payments, payment plans and debt collector services. These contribute to poverty entrapment by further increasing the debt burden for these individuals, making it difficult to make ends meet and blocking opportunities for social and economic stability and mobility.

Created by Anna Frodesiak (talk) and GreenMeansGo (talk). Nominated by GreenMeansGo (talk) at 13:30, 26 February 2019 (UTC).
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act


 * The article isn't quite 100% polished yet, but it's already long enough to meet DYK standards, so I'm getting this started before it's no longer new enough.  G M G  talk  13:39, 26 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ is still needed.


 * Just a comment, - the article is almost entirely about the US. We are more humane in the UK where an offender can expect to leave prison free of debt, with regard to the criminal justice system, any monetary penalties owed having normally been written off. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:58, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes Cwmhiraeth, I badly need to do my QPQ. I got distracted with another project. As to the scope, essentially all of the sources deal primarily with the US as far as I can tell. The explanation for this seems to be that when financial penalties are levied elsewhere many (most?) countries use a system of day fines, which appears to be largely treated as a distinct topic within the literature. It appears to be similar to the fact that many countries have closed access highways but the US in particular has the Interstate Highway System.  G M G  talk  19:04, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
 * It doesn't matter because there is no requirement for DYKs to be comprehensive. Ping me when you have done the QPQ. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:15, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
 * review added.  G M G  talk  15:58, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg Thank you. This is now good to go. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:28, 26 March 2019 (UTC)