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| State | Statute | Description/Statute Name | Statutory language | Type of poverty penalty or poverty trap | Level of offense | Mandatory | |
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Maine | Me. Rev. Stat. tit 17-A § 1751(6)(B) | Assessment of reimbursement fee against prisoners |
6. Motion to enforce payment of reimbursement fee. The attorney for the State, the attorney for the county or the court may initiate a motion to enforce payment of a reimbursement fee. Notification for the hearing on the motion must be sent by regular mail to the individual's last known address. If the individual does not appear for the hearing after proper notification has been sent, the court may issue a bench warrant.
B. If it appears that the default is excusable, the court may give the offender additional time for payment or may reduce the amount of each installment. |
Condition or extension of supervision | All | No |
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Maine | Me. Rev. Stat. tit 17-A § 1753 | Electronic monitoring fee and substance testing fee as conditions of probation |
If a court imposes a sentencing alternative authorized under section 1502 that includes a period of probation, upon the request of the Department of Corrections, the court shall attach as a condition of probation an electronic monitoring fee, a substance testing fee or both, as governed by section 1807, subsection 7.
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Condition or extension of supervision | All | No |
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Maine | Me. Rev. Stat. tit 17-A § 1807(2)(B),(K) | Conditions of probation |
2. Specific conditions of probation authorized. As a condition of probation, the court in its sentence may require the person to: B. Make restitution pursuant to chapter 69 to each victim of the person’s crime, or to the county where the offense is prosecuted if the identity of the victim cannot be ascertained or if the victim voluntarily refuses the restitution. If the court orders as a condition of probation that the person forfeit and pay a specific amount of restitution, that order, as a matter of law, also constitutes the imposition of restitution pursuant to chapter 69 as a sentencing alternative and an additional order regarding restitution is unnecessary;
K. Pay any monetary penalty imposed by the court as part of the sentence. |
Condition or extension of supervision | All | No |
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Maine | Me. Rev. Stat. tit 17-A § 1752 | Supervision fee as condition of probation |
If a court imposes a sentencing alternative authorized under section 1502 that includes a period of probation, it must attach as a condition of probation that the convicted individual pay, through the Department of Corrections, a supervision fee imposed pursuant to section 1807, subsection 6 for the term of probation.
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Condition or extension of supervision | All | No |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-19-8.1 | Conditions of probation |
(a) The following shall constitute basic conditions of probation applicable to all defendants upon whom a period of probation has been imposed: (8) Pay restitution, court costs, and fines, if assessed, in one or several sums, based on the defendant's ability to pay; and
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Condition or extension of supervision | All | No |
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