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	State	Statute	Description/Statute Name	Statutory language	Type of poverty penalty or poverty trap	Level of offense	Mandatory
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Illinois	730 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/5-6-3(a)(7)	Conditions of probation and of conditional discharge	(7) if he or she is at least 17 years of age and has been sentenced to probation or conditional discharge for a misdemeanor or felony in a county of 3,000,000 + See more or more inhabitants and has not been previously convicted of a misdemeanor or felony, may be required by the sentencing court to attend educational courses designed to prepare the defendant for a high school diploma and to work toward a high school diploma or to work toward passing high school equivalency testing or to work toward completing a vocational training program approved by the court. The person on probation or conditional discharge must attend a public institution of education to obtain the educational or vocational training required by this paragraph (7). The court shall revoke the probation or conditional discharge of a person who wilfully fails to comply with this paragraph (7). The person on probation or conditional discharge shall be required to pay for the cost of the educational courses or high school equivalency testing if a fee is charged for those courses or testing.	Condition or extension of supervision	All	Yes
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Illinois	730 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/5-6-3(i)	Conditions of probation and of conditional discharge	(i) The court shall impose upon an offender sentenced to probation after January 1, 1989 or to conditional discharge after January 1, 1992 or to community service under the supervision of + See more a probation or court services department after January 1, 2004, as a condition of such probation or conditional discharge or supervised community service, a fee of $50 for each month of probation or conditional discharge supervision or supervised community service ordered by the court, unless after determining the inability of the person sentenced to probation or conditional discharge or supervised community service to pay the fee, the court assesses a lesser fee.	Condition or extension of supervision	All	Yes
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Illinois	730 ILCS 5/5-6-3(b)(10)(iv)	Conditions of probation and of conditional discharge	(iv) for persons convicted of any alcohol, cannabis or controlled substance violation who are placed on an approved monitoring device as a condition of probation or conditional discharge, the court shall + See more impose a reasonable fee for each day of the use of the device, as established by the county board in subsection (g) of this Section, unless after determining the inability of the offender to pay the fee, the court assesses a lesser fee or no fee as the case may be.	Condition or extension of supervision	All	Yes
Add to Dashboard + Create New	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 + See more 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
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Maine	Me. Rev. Stat. tit 17-A § 1807(8)	Conditions of probation	8. Condition of probation that includes staying within jurisdiction of court; application fee; use of fees. Whenever the court requires as a condition of probation that the person remain within the + See more jurisdiction of the court, unless permission to leave temporarily is granted in writing by the person's probation officer, the Department of Corrections may impose on a person applying for such permission an application fee of $25. The department may impose on a person an additional fee of $25 per month if permission is sought and granted to leave the jurisdiction of the court on a periodic basis. Permission to leave may not be denied or withdrawn solely because the person is not able to pay the application fee or the additional fee. When a person fails to pay a fee imposed under this subsection, the department may refuse to process the application or may withdraw permission to leave if the failure to pay is attributable to the person's willful refusal to pay or to a failure on the person's part to make a good faith effort to obtain the funds required for the payment.	Condition or extension of supervision	Felony	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	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 + See more a condition of probation an electronic monitoring fee, a substance testing fee or both, as governed by section 1807, subsection 7.	Condition or extension of supervision	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	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 + See more 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
Add to Dashboard + Create New	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, + See more through the Department of Corrections, a supervision fee imposed pursuant to section 1807, subsection 6 for the term of probation.	Condition or extension of supervision	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	New Jersey	N.J. Stat. Ann. § 30:4-123.59	Legal custody and supervision; conditions; signature on agreement; relief; release to state aid residential facility; assistance; least restrictive available alternative for juveniles; disposition of fines	If the board has granted parole to any inmate from a State correctional facility or juvenile facility and the court has imposed a fine on such inmate, the appropriate board + See more panel shall release such inmate on condition that the parolee make specified fine payments to the State Parole Board or the Juvenile Justice Commission. For violation of such conditions, or for violation of a special condition requiring restitution, parole may be revoked only for refusal or failure to make a good faith effort to make such payment.	Condition or extension of supervision	All	Yes

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