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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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New York | N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law § 420.10(1)(c) | Payment as condition of probation |
Where the defendant is sentenced to a period of probation as well as a fine, restitution or reparation and such designated surcharge, the court may direct the payment of the + See morefine, restitution or reparation and such designated surcharge be a condition of the sentence
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Condition or extension of supervision | All | No |
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Kentucky | Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 532.033(8) | Order of restitution |
When a judge orders restitution, the judge shall: (8) Not release the defendant from probation supervision until restitution has been paid in full and all other aspects of the probation order have been successfully completed.
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Condition or extension of supervision | All | Yes |
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North Dakota | S.D. Codified Laws § 223A-28-3 | Plan of restitution--Present inability to make restitution--No pecuniary damages suffered--Hearing--Condition of parole |
If the sentencing court orders the defendant to the county jail, suspended imposition of sentence, suspended sentence, or probation, the court may require as a condition that the defendant, in cooperation with the court services officer assigned to the defendant, promptly prepare a plan of restitution, including the name and address of each victim, a specific amount of restitution to each victim, and a schedule of restitution payments.
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Condition or extension of supervision | All | No |
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Pennsylvania | 42 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 9730 | Failure to pay court costs, restitution and fines |
(b) Procedures regarding default.-- . . .
(3) If the issuing authority, senior judge or senior magisterial district judge determines that the defendant is without the financial means to pay + See morethe fine or costs immediately or in a single remittance, the issuing authority, senior judge or senior magisterial district judge may provide for payment in installments. In determining the appropriate installments, the issuing authority, senior judge or senior magisterial district judge shall consider the defendant's financial resources, the defendant's ability to make restitution and reparations and the nature of the burden the payment will impose on the defendant. If the defendant is in default of a payment or advises the issuing authority, senior judge or senior magisterial district judge that default is imminent, the issuing authority, senior judge or senior magisterial district judge may schedule a rehearing on the payment schedule. At the rehearing the defendant has the burden of proving changes of financial condition such that the defendant is without the means to meet the payment schedule. The issuing authority, senior judge or senior magisterial district judge may extend or accelerate the schedule, leave it unaltered or sentence the defendant to a period of community service as the issuing authority, senior judge or senior magisterial district judge finds to be just and practicable under the circumstances.
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Community service | All | No |
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