It’s been more than a year since the first round of stimulus checks were deposited into accounts across the country. Since then, two more rounds of checks have been distributed — but families of some incarcerated people tell VERIFY their loved ones are still struggling to claim their stimulus checks.
Can inmates claim their own stimulus checks?
Yes, inmates can claim their own stimulus checks, but there are some hurdles in doing so.According to local law in some counties across the country, prison facilities can charge inmates for their stay. In Ohio, the average cost per day is $35. Meanwhile, in Michigan, those costs can exceed $60 a day. For prisoners who make between 15 and 60 cents an hour, according to the Criminal Justice Project, those costs far exceed their income. Advocates for the rights of inmates say stimulus checks could be used to remove some of that financial burden from inmates and their families.
“They’re supposed to be able to claim their own stimulus checks. In other words, there is no restriction on who can receive stimulus checks, at least as far as incarcerated people are concerned,” Arthur Ago, the director of the Criminal Justice Project at the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, told VERIFY.
POS break laws, they should not be getting checks
Outrageous
SHOULD BE ILLEGAL as Hell !!!! Not Right to cut us FREE people off & Paying ANY Stimulus to inmates !!!
Give it to the damn PRISON OFFICERS Not the fkking Criminal Inmates !!!!!
Okay fine. If they get stimulus, then they can pay for their 3 hots and and a cot.
Oh i just had a V8, the stimulus IS from the taxpayers too. Screwed again…twice in this aspect.
They should get no stimulus check since they are wards of the state and pays no taxes and files no income taxes
They are already on a FREE RIDE in their Retirement Home !!!!!
They are in fkkking Prison & should get Nothing !!!! They already get toooo much & are being Rewarded instead of Punished !!!!
Give the damn $$$$ to the Homeless who are FREE on the Outside !!!!
Send them to another country like Russia , China , or North Korea & see how much Stimulus they get !!!!
ONLY country in the world that REWARDS it’s Criminals !!!! Best place to be one !!!!
Govt always talks about Fraud when taxpaying Free people do anything wrong to get benefits !!!
Guess that won’t apply here !!!! They already Locked up , but there are NO rules for them !!!!
Give it to them they earned it.
Give them a transfr to North Korea & you will see crime go way Doooown !!!!!!
Then take that $$$$ from them so they can pay it towards TAXES like we free people have to pay !!!! SOLVED
They be sitting back in prison , fat from the commissary , watching TV & lifting weights !!!!! Retired in the USA !!
NO Bills & all the Frills !!!!!