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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two decades after her release from prison, Teresa Beatty feels she is still being punished. When her mother died two years ago, the state of Connecticut put a lien on the Stamford home she and her siblings inherited.
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“I’m about to be homeless,” said Teresa Beatty, 58, who in March became the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging the state law that charges prisoners $249 a day for the cost of their incarceration.
All but two states have so-called “pay-to-stay” laws that make prisoners pay for their time behind bars, though not every state pursues people for the money.
Four Connecticut State Police troopers faked hundreds of tickets to gain favor and perks — and avoided serious consequences, internal documents show.
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