It can't. We're back to a logical inconsistency: if people can't pay, they'll go to prison, and the result will be longer jail sentences—more expensive than the surcharge would have been in the first place—and people will end up in custody.
November 1st, 2012 / 4:25 p.m.
Executive Director, Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies
It can't. We're back to a logical inconsistency: if people can't pay, they'll go to prison, and the result will be longer jail sentences—more expensive than the surcharge would have been in the first place—and people will end up in custody.
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