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Supporters tell Senate committee raising prison indigent threshold to $100 would reduce debts and aid reentry
Summary
Testimony before the Senate Human Services Committee on Feb. 18 backed Substitute House Bill 2539, which would raise the incarcerated indigent account threshold from $25 to $100; witnesses cited rising commissary prices and family burdens while staff noted a DOC fiscal note and IT costs.
Substitute House Bill 2539, which would change the statutory definition of an indigent incarcerated person from $25 to under $100 in their institutional account, drew multiple supporters at the Senate Human Services Committee hearing Feb. 18.
Committee staff Will Tronson explained the mechanics: under current law an incarcerated person is considered indigent with $25 or less in disposable income and certain deductions (legal financial obligations, child support, medical co-pays and others) are not withdrawn below that threshold. The bill would set the indigent…
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