
Incarcerated people and their families are subject to some of the most exploitative fees for basic necessities, but President Biden’s proposed crackdown on junk fees fails to address this predatory practice.
Caroline Cohn, Attorney and Equal Justice Works Fellow at the National Consumer Law Center, explains how junk fees are baked into the mass incarceration economy and why incarcerated people must be at the forefront of Biden’s efforts to end junk fees.

Rania Khalek
Rania Khalek is a Middle East-based journalist for Breakthrough News. . Her journalism has appeared at The Grayzone, Jacobin, The Nation, The Intercept, FAIR, Vice, The Electronic Intifada, Al Jazeera and more. .
Paul
What is decribed here is an absolutely insane predatory business.
It almost not possible to believe it- but i do. Terrible, terrible
Thank you for informing us. Keep up the good work