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Committee hears bill to raise inmate indigency cap from $25 to $100
Summary
Lawmakers heard testimony for a proposed substitute to House Bill 2539 that would raise the Department of Corrections' inmate indigency cap from $25 to $100, with advocates and currently incarcerated witnesses saying the change would help people afford hygiene items and reduce illicit activity; DOC fiscal questions remain about a roughly $130,000 fiscal note.
The House Community Safety Committee heard Jan. 27 from advocates, incarcerated people and the bill sponsor about a substitute for House Bill 2539 that would raise the inmate indigency cap used to determine spendable institutional-account balances.
Under current law, a person in DOC custody is considered indigent when they have less than $25 of disposable income in their institutional account on the day of a…
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