Citing the disproportionate effect on low-income families of court fees and other legal costs, legislators and advocates are calling for their elimination, saying they prevent people caught up in the criminal-justice system from rebuilding their lives.
Legislation being introduced by Sen. Julia Salazar and Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou would abolish mandatory minimum fines and garnishment of commissary accounts. It also would eliminate jail sentences imposed on people who failed to pay them.
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