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For more than 300 days, Mariana Cuevas’s son was held in a Contra Costa County, Calif., juvenile hall for a crime he did not commit. She was then billed nearly $10,000 for his incarceration.
News January 7, 2018
The Check is in The Mail (For Real)
A California county will issue refunds to parents wrongly billed for their kids’ incarceration.
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A 17-year-old at Central Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles.
News October 11, 2017
California Ends Practice of Billing Parents for Kids in Detention
The change comes months after a Marshall Project investigation.
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Mariana Cuevas in her bedroom in Antioch, Calif.
News March 2, 2017
Your Kid Goes to Jail, You Get the Bill
For 40 years, many parents have had to pay for their children's incarceration, but that may be changing.
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News January 28, 2016
Why Getting Sued Could Be the Best Thing to Happen to New Orleans’ Public Defenders
The ACLU takes the cash-poor agency to court to force the cash-poor legislature to pay.
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News November 13, 2015
Need Cash to Hire a Lawyer? Try Crowdfunding
When raising money the old-fashioned way just won’t do.
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