court system
List two of the most common types of bail.
What is cash bail, surety bond, property bond, and recognizance release? (only need two of the four)
What state is the only one to not have specific laws regarding probation?
What is Alaska?
What year did the U.S start implementing fees for cost of medical care towards prisoners and what state brought that to legislative?
What is 1846 and Michigan?
A criminal conviction reduces the likelihood of receiving this employment outcome by up to 50% for white applicants and nearly two-thirds for Black applicants.
What is a job callback?
Prosecutors use these to show harm done to victims, possibly to have the defendant pay more in restitution or increase sentencing.
What are victim impact statements?
This evidence test is typically the most expensive option in a standard test/panel.
What is the hair follicle test?
What is the average income for people on parole?
What is $20,000?
Which state charges the most for a 15-minute video call?
What is Kentucky?
Since 1996, certain drug convictions can make individuals ineligible for these two major government assistance programs.
What are TANF and SNAP?
Name two things that court ordered restitution can pay for.
What is property damage, medical costs, loss of income, loss of support, counseling/mental health care, and/or funeral expenses?
These states typically have the most civil litigation.
What is California, Florida, New York, Texas, and Illinois? (don't need all 5)
What supervision related expense can be regarded as the most expensive when including set-up and daily fees?
What is electronic monitoring?
If a state spends less money per inmate, would they be subjected to overcrowding?
What is yes due to its “high-cost”, meaning there are too many prisoners in the prison?
In many states, including Wisconsin, people with felony convictions are disqualified from serving in this civic role.
What is jury duty?
What percent of funding comes from fines, fees, and restitutions for smaller cities
What is 3.4%?
In the bill of rights, there is an amendment that states people have a right to a lawyer in criminal cases. What amendment states this?
What is the 6th amendment?
In many states, failing to pay supervision fees can lead to what consequence?
What is revocation or extension of parole?
What does low per-inmate costs cause in prisons?
What is overcrowding and greater incarceration of low-level offenders?
Individuals with felony convictions often lose this constitutional right permanently unless it is restored through legal processes.
What is the right to possess firearms?
Which state generates the most funds from fines, fees, and restitutions
What is California?
A defendant is arrested and must pay money to be released prior to the trial. Later, the prosecutor orders a lab to test the evidence, and, in a separate civil case, the plaintiff pays a fee to start the lawsuit. In this scenario, name one of the three types of fees being paid as well as who is responsible for paying it.
What is bail paid by the defendant, filing fees paid by the plaintiff, or the lab paid (most likely) by the defendant?
In Wisconsin, supervision fees can be set to one of three amounts. What are they?
What is $20, $40, and $60?
What happens if an inmate doesn’t participate in the financial responsibility program or doesn’t comply with the rules of their plan?
What is parole gets notified of the inmate’s failure to participate and they won’t receive any furlough, exempting emergency or medical furlough?
A person in Wisconsin has completed their prison sentence but is still on probation and has unpaid court fees; they attempt to register to vote and are denied. Why?
What is failure to complete all terms of a sentence, including probation and payment of fines, resulting in ineligibility to vote?
What are 2 characteristics of cities that rely the most on fines, fees, and restitutions for funding
What is rural, low-income, black, and /or southern?