Incarcerated people across the US could find their commissary funds depleted by a new proposed policy from the Bureau of Prisons to automatically deduct three quarters of all funds prisoners receive from loved ones on the outside.

If you’d like to help stop this new proposal from the BOP, click here for instructions on how to submit a public comment—Monday, March 13 is the last day to act: https://docs.google.com/document/d/159UcREG1CZjF6qTSEFCWD_GIgITgkgEb5msmQVCRuLI/edit?emci=6bc4546c-a4ac-ed11-994d-00224832eb73&emdi=7a2bb795-0aae-ed11-994d-00224832eb73&ceid=19815184

Read the transcript here: https://therealnews.com/a-new-federal-proposal-could-seize-75-of-commissary-funds-families-send-to-loved-ones-in-prison

Tim Curry is the Policy & Research Director at the Fines and Fees Justice Center.

Jodi Hocking is the founder and Executive Director of Return Strong, a grassroots organization of families and loved ones of incarcerated people fighting for transparency, accountability, and communication from the Nevada Department of Corrections.

Mark Ford is a formerly incarcerated person who won relief from the BOP’s proposed deductions after advocates won a statutory cap on the new policy.

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33 thoughts on “The federal govt wants to steal from prisoners’ families | Rattling the Bars”
  1. I was incarcerated in Tygart valley regional jail and all the money my family sent in to me the jail was taken 40 percent of my money for child support and when I went in front of family law Master they ordered the jail to send copy of all my funds and the jail sent false papers back saying that the money they took out for child support was false that i donated all the money to candle funds

  2. I've done a lot of state and federal time..they feed you nasty food.. I've seen bag of potatoes that said "not for human consumption" then you an only buy commissary from them which is Hella expensive it's a scheme of there's. So the inmate trust fund, is a trust fund they make money off the interest and that is OUR money..the families who send it and the inmates who work, they use that money to also buy the officers uniforms and shit but overcharge us to buy sweats and stuff. It is criminal what they are doing, they signed the contracts saying they will keep em 95% full and it should be them locked up

  3. America the land of the free…huh?!? Only if you are rich or corrupt. Your country is diseased and sick. It's so sad. Where is the hope, support, drive to live a good life. Your powers that be, keep stripping hope from those on struggle street. It's inhumane and a disgrace.

  4. I can't say that I know all about this subject however if you kill someone you are taking 100% of the victims money for life … I say withholding 100% of the guilty killers money until restitution is paid is not unreasonable … It's prison … If your not guilty that's another story … Each case has to be judged accordingly … If you can't do the time don't do the murder … I'm sure there are many killers that deserve to be dead rather than being kept in prison …

  5. I know people who've been in and out of prison several times. They complain about the food, lack of privacy, and this very issue right here and every time, my response is, why don't you not commit the crimes to get in you in there in the first place that way, you don't have to worry about getting ripped off!!

  6. If you are getting a disability check that stops if you go to jail. The people that are supporting their children with this disability check stops helping their children.

  7. If these low-life prison guards were dealt with very sternly this crap would not continue . Prison guards are the slave masters of post modern society . They should always be terrified of being confronted by their ex-inmates . If I saw one at walmart it would be a very ugly confrontation . Only the lowest form of human filth chooses to be a prison guard , or a cowardly scum-bag cop .

  8. That at no low amount, I was getting like $4.80 a week working 16 hours a day 6 days a week. I was working the mess hall and we had to be there by 4am and by the time we got back to the unit and showered, we had to go straight to programming and school until 9pm. At 9:15 pm we hit the bed.

  9. Man I did 11 years in a New York State Department of Corruptions for smiling on a cloudy day, conspiracy to commit philosophy and thinking in public and I'm telling you, the state takes 100% of the first money that you have coming in and 50% of it after that until you get all paid off unless you have the judge waive it or postpone it until you get released. So you have someone send you 5 or 10 bucks to get rid off the initial 100% so that after that at least you get half of what your people send you. Unless you want to pay off your fines and restitution and crime victim fees from out the gate.

  10. Stealing money from their commissary with their ridiculous phone system that rips people off more than credit cards isn't enough?

  11. I’m a crime victim, I have very little sympathy for a man who complains that he has to save for 4 months for his new kicks when the person whose life he took will never buy anything ever again.

    How are convicts going to pay restitution to their victims if the money isn’t confiscated from them in the first place? We all know that nothing would get paid otherwise.

    The victims should come first. Maybe you should publicize your story from a perspective of: “Learn from my mistakes. Not only will you do time, but you will become an indentured servant until your debts are paid.”

    Hearing a convicted murderer crying about his financial hardships makes me question his “rehabilitation”. Besides being convicted and serving your time, what are you doing to atone for taking someone else’s loved one away forever?

  12. In Virginia some crimes come with fines. I just reviewed a situation where an inmate got 8 years, 30 years probation and about $4,000 in fines.

    So – watch for fines going up as this could be an income source for the for-profit system. In Virgina, they might tell you their system is not "for profit". That's not true. The state owns the land and buidlings. All the administration is, for the most part – for profit.

    Not sure about the for-profit aspect of probation.

  13. I just had a prosecutor comment not getting why hearsay and suspiscious but twice stated unsure claim are not grounds to effdct an arrest or lawfully detain. Guy got shot in the head and is now in their custody and i never saw a crime one cept the cops. Videos Leak Police and its the walmart police involved shooting vid. Oje posted a year and one 3 months ago. Flat defamation and narrative propagands, said nice 3 times immediately after all lookin thrilled. Point blank in the head and then ignored while dying but conscious..and he lived and they booked him in. Im fkin highly upset not just whst i saw but the misleading statements by various cops and prosecutors and idiot shills tryin to control the nsrrative. Tryin to get it as much attention as i can it made me so ill, and i live opposite side of the country so if anyone is in Orange Co cali that audits and can request records that guy needs the help before they hang a man with brain injury.

  14. Mansamusa do you think that title shocks me the Government has been out to get my Black/Brown/Indigenous Ppl since the Beginning of time. Great video my brtoher

  15. How LOW can You Go? The People have no Knowledge of what is happening in the Prison Industrial Complex! This is Ugly, Degrading, and Humiliating! This is Horrible! The Taxpayers should be up in Arms about this!

  16. This is so wrong on some many levels. My problem with this money grab is hurts both victims ' families and perpetrators ' families. The only person making money is the executives of prisons and officials in government.

  17. Everything about the prison system is designed to keep people in prison or have them return to prison after they are released. They want to penalize their families & alienate them from encarerated family members. The best way to stop recidivism is to keep prisoners connected with family & friends to have a network of support.

  18. Thought you were going to talk about civil asset forfeiture. The cops have been known to raid homes of prisoners and paroles, and then just forfeit any moeny or valuables they find. The Breona Taylor murder was such a raid. Literally, robbing from the incarcerated or formerly incarcerated.

  19. Is every state building new prisons? I know PA was building new and enlarging old. Then they say they are loosing money. That's a crock. When is the last time you heard of a state loosing money. California is the exception. They are a bunch of idiots and here is why I know this! They want environmentally everything. They are hypocrites. All you have to do is watch one of the many police chases. 50 count them 50 cop vehicles chasing a car doing 70 on the freeway. Now look at the police vehicles. 49 gas guzzling SUVs and 1 sedan maybe. It might be a4 wheel drive pickup too! That's ok though we'll bail them out! Won't we uncle Joe! PS. If I have made a mistake in my English, keep it to yourself!! Jack is fed up with the balling! Jack is my Black Lab!

  20. He's talking out of side of his neck saying you have to pay for food,medical, and hygiene that's a lie. If you want zu zu's and wam bb wams you have to pay for that it's not a necessity.

  21. They stole all my stuff now won't imprison you know they still do everything I did I did not do nothing and I got ripped off my kids hate me cuz it was their stuff and I'm going to rip them off now take him to court I can't get nothing out of court and f*** in some of the pictures I take care of myself

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