California State Prison Takes 55 Cents Of Every Dollar Sent To Inmates

LibertyFight.com
8.19.09

This is in regards to California Correctional Institution (CCI) located in Tehachapi, CA.
The family member of an inmate told me of their policy regarding spending money sent to inmates.
The official prison mission statement reads

“The overall mission of the California Correctional Institution is to incarcerate and control felons, while providing the opportunity for meaningful work, training and other programs. The prison provides programs for those inmates who are willing to work and participate fully in available programs.”

The page outlining directions for family members to send money to etheir incarcerated relatives
states http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Visitors/Sending_money_to_inmates.html

Reasons to Send Money
There are four reasons to send money: Funds to Inmate (for discretionary spending), Restitution Payment, Family Visiting, and Temporary Community Leave:
Funds to Inmate. Money that is being sent to the inmate for his or her own personal use is subject to restitution and administrative charges.

Fifty-five cents of every dollar seized by the state is unreasonable and excessive, and isimply serves as more evidence of the tyrannical nature of a corrupt government.

I will conclude with a quote from my article on Ontario, CA officials who were stealing motorhomes from homeless people a few years ago:

In conclusion, I will share the Christian wisdom of Catholic Pope Saint Leo the Great, who warned:

“He who gets deceitful gain from lending his money on usury is shown to be both an alien from God’s tabernacle and an exile from His holy hill, and in seeking to enrich himself by other’s losses, he deserves to be punished with eternal neediness. Let Us Avoid Avarice, and Share God’s Benefits with Others And so, dearly beloved, do ye who with the whole heart have put your trust in the Lord’s promises, flee from this unclean leprosy of avarice, and use God’s gift piously and wisely. [10]
And I will close with the Sacred words of our Lord Jesus Christ:

“Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.’ Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, a stranger and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no clothing, ill and in prison, and you did not care for me.’
Matthew 25:40-43

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